Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur
The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur is located at One West Court Square in Decatur, Georgia. It is a newly established satellite of the Art Institute of Atlanta but has already earned reviews from the Atlanta Journal Constitution for the traffic and patronage its students bring to downtown Decatur. It is a small college in terms of number of students but they enjoy small classes, hands-on learning and a good student to faculty ratio.
The Art Institutes is a For-Profit system with more than 40 educational institutions scattered all over North America. Some of the program offerings and majors offered in Arts Insititure Schools include Advertising, Animation and Special Effects, Culinary Arts, Fashion Design, Fashion Management, Game Design and Programming, and Graphic Design.
The Art Institute of Atlanta is part of the Arts Institute system. The Art Institute of Atlanta has 5 campuses: the main campus located in Atlanta Georgia, its satellite campus located in Decatur, and its three branch campuses located in Charleston, South Carolina, Nashville, Tenessee, and Washington, Virginia.
The Art Institute of Atlanta-Decatur offers degree programs and certificate programs in the fields of design, fashion, and media arts. There are currently no online programs nor online classes available at the college.
Admissions at the Art Institute of Atlanta is selective. Admission requirements is as follows:
Personal interview
Application form with essay
High school transcript or GED test scores
Official report of COMPASS, SAT, ACT or ASSET test scores
Non-refundable application fee – $50
Non-refundable tuition deposit – $100
Average tuition for full-time undergrads at college is $18,000. Housing is available although room and board expenses are separate since there are no meal plans. Housing expenses for 2009-2010 ranges from $9984 to $13,731 per academic year.
