The programs recognize a dynamic relationship among the media disciplines such as ceramics, painting, drawing/illustration, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and interdisciplinay art studies and provide the artist-student with depth and breadth of technical knowledge, critical awareness, and communication skills to sustain and encourage innovation.

• Assistantships, Scholarships, Fellowships
• Excellent faculty-student ratio
• 10-12 graduate program artist community
• Excellent modern facilities and studios
• Close to major U.S. art centers
• International Study Abroad Program
• Smith Career Resource Center

Employment for the graduate with an MFA is found through a number of opportunities in art and design institutions: primary, secondary and higher education; post-graduate research and degree exploration; a wide array of private and public design art organizations and businesses; as well as positions in government agencies and affiliated national societies in the arts. Although the monetary rewards vary among individuals, employment opportunities for trained artists are found in cultural and artistic life in the country.
Professional development opportunities for graduate students have been found in museums throughout the country; teaching positions in nationally recognized institutions of higher education; government agencies in the mid-west and throughout the country; as well as post-graduate research and degree opportunities in well-known universities throughout the nation. Bradley University is non-discriminatory with regard to race, color, age, sex, creed, handicap or place of national origin in its admission policy.