Master’s degree · MFA
Studio Art (M.F.A.)
Towson University · Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education · Towson, Maryland, United States
- Official award
- Master of Fine Arts in Studio ArtMFA
- Subject
- Studio Arts
- Format
- On campus
- Tuition
- Not published
About this program
Graduate MFA in studio art for artists, designers, curators and critics.
- Department
- Department of Art + Design, Art History, Art Education
- Awarding body
- Not stated on the pages we checked
Award and subject
The award is shown exactly as the institution titles it. A program belongs to a subject only through the link below: a dedicated degree, a named major, a formal concentration or a documented pathway.
- Official award
- Master of Fine Arts in Studio ArtMFA
- Award family
- MFAA Master of Fine Arts, exactly as titled by the awarding institution.
- Academic level
- Master’s degree
- Previous degree required
- Yes
| Subject | Relationship | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Studio Arts | Dedicated degreeThe official program title is in this subject. |
Accreditation, validation and recognition
Recorded for this program and campus, with the authority’s role. Institutional accreditation, degree-awarding authority, program accreditation, professional validation and national qualification registers are different things.
No program-level accreditation or validation record has been verified yet. That does not mean none exists; check the national authority and the institution.
Study structure
- Delivery
- On campusTaught at the listed campus.
- Study mode
- Not published
- Duration
- Not published
- Intakes
- Not published
- Campus
- Main campus8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252
Teaching language
- Taught in
- English
- English
- English teaching not verifiedAn English-language website does not mean a program is taught in English.
Admissions
- Portfolio
- Portfolio required
- Portfolio details
- Number of works: 15-20 images or a maximum of 15 minutes of video or animation
- Accepted media: Images, video or animation
- File requirements: Include the date, media, size and title for each piece
- Platform: Slideroom (there is a fee to set up an account)
- Written components: Statement of purpose
- Portfolio deadlines: Final deadlines listed as Nov. 1 (spring) and Jan. 15 (fall); the page prints no year
- Interview
- Not published
- Statement
- Statement of purpose
- Previous qualification
- Baccalaureate degree, preferably in art, from a regionally accredited institution; minimum GPA 3.00 for full admission, 2.75 for conditional
- Tests explicitly required
- No GRE scores are required
- Documents
- Online application, fee and official transcripts; 2 letters of recommendation; portfolio and statement of purpose via Slideroom
Fees and costs
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The institution does not publish tuition for this program on the pages we checked. Ask for current fees, what they include and whether studio, materials, fabrication, printing, software, equipment, travel and residency costs are extra.
Scholarships and funding
Funding is shown with its basis and who it is for. Competitive funding is not a guarantee.
Graduate assistantships Assistantship
Competitive
Eligibility: Full-time students are eligible; awarded by the graduate program director
Sources and verification
Not published on the program’s source pages: tuition, duration, full-time or part-time options, intakes, accreditation or validation record.
Sources and how this was checked
Last checked 23 October 2026. Each fact carries a verbatim quote that is re-checked against the live page. Research methodology.
Sources (checked 23 October 2026)