Moore College of Art and Design

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Moore College of Art and Design

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Welcome to Moore College of Art & Design! Moore was founded under the mission to expand women's access to higher education, specifically in the art and design fields. While the college is historically a women’s college, the admissions policy is open to all students assigned female at birth, who self-identify as female, non-binary, or gender nonconforming individuals at the time of their application. We educate artists and designers to build creative, enterprising careers of significant impact. With its career-focused education, Moore provides scholarships for 100% of its BFA students, and is the only higher education visual arts institution that provides paid internships for all undergraduates. Moore offers 9 majors, (Animation & Game Arts, Art Education, Fashion Design, Film & Digital Cinema, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, and Photography), along with 11 complementary minors

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Find out about requirements, fees, and deadlines

First-year

All applicants are reviewed using a holistic approach that considers both academic and artistic merit based on all materials submitted. Listed below are the minimum required application materials which may be submitted together or separately as they become available.
Please note SAT and/or ACT score are optional.

- Completed Application
- Official High School transcripts
- Portfolio of 8-12 pieces of recent original artwork

Click here to learn more about our application requirements.

Transfer

Interested in making the move to Moore?

We’d be glad to tell you more about our creative, career-focused learning environment and how you can further your artistic practice here. Students who have earned high school diploma (or its equivalent) and have gone on to earn 12 or more credits from any other college or university since, should apply as transfer students.

Items necessary for admissions consideration include a completed application, official transcripts from each college or post-secondary school attended, official high school transcripts or GED, and a portfolio of 8–12 pieces of original artwork.

A pre-application credit evaluation can be requested but the majority of credit evaluations occur after acceptance and are finalized after enrollment. Credit evaluations are conducted by the Admissions Office, the department chairs and the Academic Advisor.

Begin the Transfer Application process today!

Additional Information

100% of our students receive some form of financial assistance in the form of scholarships, grants, or additional awards.
We want qualified students to focus on earning their degrees without excessive concern over how to fund their educations. Moore offers merit scholarships to all first-year, transfer and international undergraduate students based on the applicant’s academic and artistic achievements. No additional application is necessary.

The Visionary Woman Honors Program is the College’s most prestigious scholarship program, for talented, motivated and future-focused students who stand to benefit most from financial support and sustained mentorship, both inside and outside of the classroom. Students are nominated upon admittance and are required to submit an essay for consideration of acceptance into the program. First year recipients receive an annual scholarship of $25,000 and our transfer students will receive $20,000 annually. The Visionary Woman Honors Program (VWHP) is a historically named program but rest assured, all students who are accepted to Moore and meet the nomination requirements of this program, regardless of gender identity, are eligible to receive this scholarship.

Students interested in attending Moore are encouraged to submit their FAFSA as soon as possible (school code 003300).
For more information regarding applying for financial aid, contact Moore's Financial Aid Office at 215.965.4041 or by email at finaid@moore.edu.

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See Moore for yourself! There are lots of remote and in-person opportunities to visit campus, including campus tours, open houses, virtual portfolio prep workshops, virtual information sessions and more.

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“I chose Moore because it felt very grounded, compared to some of the other art schools I toured. I got the sense it would really prepare me to work in art in the future. But beyond the practicality of choosing a job-oriented school, I also enjoyed the studio spaces and the art I saw on the wall. I'm looking forward to making art like that I saw when I toured for the first time. I want my work to be graceful and colorful and unique, and full of personality, as I've found art from Moore students to be.”
Leah Stein, Current Student, Illustration, '24