New England
Massachusetts College of Art & Design
Summer Studios
Application Deadline: April
Duration: 3 weeks
Dates: July-August
Eligibility: entering grades 11, 12
Boston University
Visual Arts Summer Institute
Application Deadline: March
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: July
Eligibility: ages 15-18
Suffolk University
Pre-College Program
Duration: 5 weeks
Dates: July- August
Eligibility: ages
Champlain College
Art & Design Portfolio Building Course
Application Deadline: May
Duration: 2 weeks
Dates: July
Eligibility: rising high school juniors & seniors
Lesley University College of Art & Design
Pre-College Program
Duration: 2 weeks, 4 weeks
Dates: July -August
Eligibility: rising sophomores, juniors, seniors
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts
Lyme Pre-College Academy
Duration: each class is 5 consecutive days
Dates: varies according to each class
Eligibility: high school students
New Hampshire Institute of Art
Pre-College Summer Program
Application Deadline: May
Duration: 2 weeks
Dates: July
Eligibility: ages 15-19
Montserrat College of Art
Summer Immersive Workshops
Application Deadline: open 1 week before each course begins
Duration: 6 weeks
Dates: June -July
Eligibility: ages 16 or older
Maine College of Art
Pre-College Program
Application Deadline: April
Duration: 3 weeks
Dates: July
Eligibility: rising sophomores, juniors, seniors
Rhode Island School of Design
Pre-College Program
Application Deadline: April
Duration: 6 weeks
Dates: June-August
Eligibility: ages 16-18
Corcoran College of Art & Design
Pre-College Program
Application Deadline: May
Duration: 3 weeks
Dates: July
Eligibility: rising juniors & seniors
Delaware College of Art & Design
Young Artist Programs
Application Deadline: June
Duration: varies
Eligibility: high school students
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
Summer Academy
Application Deadline: June
Duration: 5 weeks
Dates: July -August
Eligibility: rising 9-12 graders
Moore College of Art & Design
Summer Art & Design Institute
Application Deadline: June
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: July -August
Eligibility: grades 10-12
University of the Arts
Summer Institute
Application Deadline: June
Duration: 1, 2, 3, and 4 week programs
Dates: varies
Eligibility: 9th-12th graders
University of Pennsylvania
Art: Summer at Penn
Application Deadline:
Duration: 4 weeks
Eligibility: grades 9-12
Carnegie Mellon University
Summer Pre-College Art
Application Deadline: April
Duration: 3 weeks, 6 weeks
Eligibility: high school students
New York & Maryland
Alfred University
Portfolio Preparation for College Bound Students
Application Deadline: May
Duration: 4 days
Dates: July 9
Eligibility: grades 10-12
Maryland Institute College of Art
Pre-College Program
Application Deadline: April
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: June -July
Eligibility: sophomores & juniors
Pratt Institute
Pre-College Program
Application Deadline: March
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: July
Eligibility: ages 16-18
The Cooper Union
Summer Art Intensive
Application Deadline: April
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: July – August
Eligibility: ages 15-18
School of Visual Arts
Pre-College Program
Application Deadline: July
Duration: 3 weeks
Dates: July
Eligibility: ages 14-18
Parsons School of Design
Pre-College Academy
Application Deadline: rolling
Duration: 2 weeks
Dates: August
Eligibility: grades 9-12
Fashion Institute of Technology
Pre-College Program
Application Deadline: June
Duration: varies
Dates: varies
Eligibility: grades 9-12
Cornell University
Summer College
Duration: 2 weeks
Dates: varies
Eligibility: high school students
Molloy College
Pre-College Art Program
Duration: 5 weeks
Dates: July-August
Eligibility: high school students
Skidmore College
Summer Art for Pre-College Students
Application Deadline: rolling
Duration: 5 weeks
Dates: July-August
Eligibility: grades 10-12
South
Kansas City Art Institute
Pre-College ArtLab
Application Deadline: May
Duration: 3 weeks
Dates: July
Eligibility: grades 9-12
Virginia Commonwealth University
Pre-College Summer Intensive
Application Deadline: March
Duration: 3 weeks
Dates: July
Eligibility: grades 9-12
Ringling College of Art + Design
Pre-College Program
Application Deadline: rolling
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: June -July
Eligibility: ages 16-18
University of North Carolina
Visual Arts Summer Intensive
Application Deadline:
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: June -July
Eligibility: ages 14-18
Midwest
University of Michigan
Summer Residential Studios
Duration: 3 weeks
Dates: July 9
Eligibility: grades 9-11
The University of Texas at Austin
Pre‑College Art + Design Programs
Application Deadline:
Duration: 1 week, 4 weeks
Dates: June -July
Eligibility: current sophomore and juniors in high school
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Early College Program
Application Deadline: varies
Duration: 3 weeks
Dates: varies
Eligibility: ages 15-18
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design
Pre-College Program
Application Deadline: June
Duration: 2 weeks, 3 weeks
Dates: varies, in July
Eligibility: high school students
Minneapolis College of Art & Design
Pre-College Summer Program
Application Deadline: April
Duration: 3 weeks
Dates: July
Eligibility: grades 10-12
West Coast
Laguna College of Art & Design
Pre-College Program
Duration: 5 weeks
Eligibility: high school students
Otis College of Art & Design
Summer of Art
Application Deadline: June
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: July
Eligibility: ages 15 + older
University of CA, Los Angeles
Art Summer Institute
Application Deadline: May
Duration: 2 weeks
Dates: varies
Eligibility: high school students
California College of the Arts
Pre-College Program
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: July-August
Eligibility: grades 9-12
San Francisco Art Institute
Pre-College Program
Application Deadline: April
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: June -July
Eligibility: grades 10-12
Cornish College of the Arts
Pre-College Program
Application Deadline: April
Duration: 4 weeks
Dates: varies
Eligibility: ages 14-18
Stanford University
Summer Arts Institute
Duration: 3 weeks
Dates: varies
Eligibility: ages 14-17
