Digital Media Arts College

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Digital Media Arts College (DMAC) is a private college founded in 2001, which offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts in both Computer Animation and Graphic Design. DMAC also offers the Master of Fine Arts degree in Special Effects Animation and the Master of Fine Arts in Graphic Design.

DMAC's mission is to provide its students with expert instruction; exposure to cutting-edge technologies and concepts; and invaluable career training and placement services in an environment that cultivates free-thinking innovation. The market for design and animation skills is broad and growing. DMAC's success is predicated on its ability to get in front of market trends and prepare its students to test the boundaries of new media, entertainment and technology. In addition to those proficiencies, Bachelor of Fine Arts students are taught traditional drawing, visual design, screenwriting, acting, composition, economics and other general education and liberal arts courses that contribute to their overall growth and development.

Their 10,000+ square feet of facilities include two drawing/sculpting classrooms, four PC labs, five Apple Macintosh labs, three lecture classrooms, a Motion Capture studio, and an online library with additional PCs and Macs (plus an agreement with a nearby State university for access to their library). Software includes the latest versions of Alias Maya, Adobe Systems, Macromedia Flash and Zbrush.

DMAC has been accredited nationally by the Accrediting Council of Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) since April, 2007 and has been in the Title IV Federal Financial Aid Program since December, 2007. Current enrollment is approximately 350 students.

DMAC is currently located at N. Federal Hwy (U.S. 1), Boca Raton, FL (Palm Beach County), at the corner of N. Federal Hwy and NE 38 St., one block south of Spanish River Blvd.