Key Facts

Institutional control: Private nonprofit

Setting: Located within a major urban area

Number of undergraduate students: 3,000

Number of graduate students: 1,415

Admissions office:
Name: Ms. Judith Aaron
Phone: (718) 636-3669
E-mail: admissions@pratt.edu

Financial aid office:
Name: Ms. Karen Price-Scott
Phone: (718) 636-3519
E-mail: finaid@pratt.edu

Cost of attendance:
Undergraduate in-state tuition (full year): $23,528
Undergraduate out-of-state tuition (full year): $19,524
Typical room charge: $4,986
Typical board charge: $3,200

Student financial aid:
Grants offered: Yes
Scholarships offered: Yes
Loans offered: Yes

Organizations:
Number of registered organizations: 60
Number of honor societies: 5
Number of social fraternities: 1
Number of social sororities: 1

Pratt, the leading college of art, design, and architecture in the United States, instituted a creative writing program in 1999 that attracts some of the best young writers from all over the country. The program, Writing for Publication, Performance and Media, is a professional program (Bachelor of Fine Art) for students who know they want to make a living doing something they love—writing.

The difference between a Bachelor of Fine Art and a Bachelor of Arts—the degree given by traditional colleges and universities—is the fact that the writing studios and courses constitute approximately 75 percent of the BFA curriculum. Students apply for a particular program—art, design, architecture, or writing—and begin studying in that program their first year. (The admissions requirements include evidence of talent in addition to academic ability.)

For more than 107 years, Pratt students have learned by doing—and by interacting with professionals in their chosen fields. Writing majors choose Pratt because they want exposure to published writers with demonstrated successes who want to share their expertise with students eager for new avenues of expression.

Most Pratt writing majors have known since they were children that they loved storytelling and books. Others were unaware of their talents until someone pointed out that they had a flair for language. You may be one of these people. You know you like writing and have a creative imagination. You probably have ideas about restructuring stories or can envision characters or situations that could be developed into films. You're curious about the way certain articles or documentaries have been researched and written.

You're different from your friends and you know it. But how can you tell if you're a real writer? And can you make a living as a writer when you graduate? We suggest you spend some time visiting one of the literary and art capitals of the world—New York City—and the leading professional college for the arts in New York City—Pratt Institute.

As for making a living as a writer, our goals are to introduce you to a wide variety of publishing positions and to allow you to participate in internships that help you match your special talents with the opportunities in the real world. You'll know whether your skills are best suited to magazine, newspaper, broadcasting, or new media requirements. And if you discover you're a poet or novelist at heart, you'll have ample opportunity in our program to meet with other novelists and poets and the editors, agents, and publishers who help them reach their intended audiences.

Just imagine attending a school in which every student is passionate about his or her work, a place that is a community of artists and writers, a college where students love going to class and spend their spare time doing for fun what they came to school to learn.

For more information visit www.pratt.edu/slas. To receive our catalog, complete our request form at www.pratt.edu/admiss or call the Office of Admissions at (718) 636-3669 or (718) 636-3514.