4415 Warwick Blvd.
Kansas City, MO 64111

Kansas City Art Institute, a four-year independent, fully accredited college of art and design offers a bachelor of fine arts degree in 12 areas of emphasis. The typical student course load integrates intensive studio experience with 45 credit hours of liberal arts.

At Kansas City Art Institute, students can pursue majors in animation, art history, ceramics, fiber, Graphic Design, interdisciplinary arts, digital filmmaking, painting, photography, printmaking, sculpture and studio art with an emphasis on creative writing. They are required to complete 129 credit hours over four years.

Kansas City Art Institute has agreements with local colleges and universities through the Kansas City Area School Exchange program that allows students to take one class per semester at a participating school. This program allows students to access classes not available at KCAI such as foreign languages.

Quick Facts

Recent renovations include new studios for painting students.

More than 40 percent of KCAI's graduates have pursued careers in art-related businesses, about 18 percent have gone on to teach at the high-school or college level, and more than 25 percent have become studio artists.

Students come to KCAI from nearly every state and several foreign countries.

About 180 students live on campus at KCAI's Student Living Center. About 75 percent of the residents are first-year students.

The Kansas City Art Institute is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.

The Kansas City Art Institute is a member of the Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, a consortium of 35 leading art schools in the United States.

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