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Academy of Art University
MottoBuilt by artists for artists
Typefor-profit
Established1929
PresidentElisa Stephens
Students13,800
Undergraduates9,117[1]
Postgraduates4,683
Location
San Francisco
,
California
,
United States
CampusUrban and online
ColorsBlack and Red   
Websiteacademyart.edu
File:ArtUKnights.png
The New Montgomery Street building

The Academy of Art University, formerly Academy of Art College, is a privately owned for-profit art school in San Francisco, California, in the United States. It was founded as the Academy of Advertising Art by Richard S. Stephens in 1929.[2] It has 283 full-time teachers and 1154 part-time teaching staff, and about 15,000 students;[3] it claims to be the largest privately owned art and design school in the United States.[4]

The school is one of the largest property owners in San Francisco, with the main campus located on New Montgomery Street in the South of Market district.[5] Since 2007 the San Francisco city planning commission has held more than twenty hearings relating to possible violations of the land-use laws of the city, including the unauthorized conversion of rent-controlled housing to academic use;[6][7] in May 2016 the city brought a lawsuit against the school.[8]

History, accreditation and teaching

It was founded in 1929 as a school for advertising art.[9] The founder, Richard S. Stephens, a painter and magazine editor, lead it until 1951 when his son Richard A. Stephens took over, who 1992 was replaced by his daughter Elisa Stephens.[9] Under her presidency, student numbers increased from around 2000 to 18,000 by 2012.[10] A private bus fleet transports students between dorms and classrooms located across San Francisco.[10]

Academy of Art University received regional accreditation from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 2007.[11] The school is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.[12] In interior architecture and design, the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree (taught or online) and Master of Fine Arts degree are both accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation.[13] The Master of Architecture degree has, since 2006, been accredited by the National Architectural Accrediting Board.[14]

The school offers associate, bachelor's[1] and master's degrees in numerous subjects.[15]

Courses are offered online with flexible scheduling options for students.[16][17]

Approximately 5% of students complete a four-year degree within the allotted time.[18] According to the National Center for Education Statistics, 31% of students complete a four-year degree within 150% of that time (the "6-year graduation rate").[3] For online-only students, the 6-year graduation rate is much lower, at 6%; in mid-2015, about 35% of all students were online-only.[19] For part-time students the 6-year graduation rate is 3%.[19]

About 58% of students are female.[20]

Programs of study

AAU offers 25 degree programs.[21][22]

Athletics

The school sports teams, the Urban Knights, compete as members of the Pacific West Conference in nine sports in NCAA Division II.[23]

In the 2014-2015 season, the men's cross country team had a second-place finish and the women's team had a record fourth-place finish, earned at the Pacific West Conference Championships. Valentin Pepiot, their third NCAA Nationals individual qualifier, was one of the top finishers from the PacWest in the postseason finale.[24] The Academy of Arts earned a record 10 PacWest postseason honors. For the 2015, indoor and outdoor track and field seasons, they had seven All-Americans honors and one NCAA individual champion in Jordan Edwards.[24]

Alumni

Staff

Past and present staff of the school include:

See also

References

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