Academics

The Mary Schiller Myers School of Art at The University of Akron has approximately 1,450 students, including about 650 majors in four degree granting programs:

Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Art Education
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Art History
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Studio Arts
Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A.)

Click here for a full list of majors and minors offered by the Myers School of Art.

Undergraduate student success is our focus. Students benefit from the guidance of our on-site academic adviser and full-time faculty members who serve as mentors.

Class sizes average 14:1 student /faculty ratio.

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Points of Excellence

Named for a nationally respected art advocate and UA alumna, the Mary Schiller Myers School of Art is one of only a few named art schools in the entire country.
UA art alumni have been accepted into the finest graduate art schools in the country and have received prestigious Guggenheim Fellowships, Addys, and other notable awards.
The Emily Davis Gallery in Folk Hall showcases contemporary work by artists who are recognized regionally and nationally, as well as work by faculty and students. The National Endowment for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Council have funded many critically distinguished exhibitions at Emily Davis Gallery in recent years. The gallery also has originated multiple national traveling exhibitions including, in 2007, an exhibition of works by Yoko Ono and John Lennon.
The Artist-in-Residency Program at the Myers School of Art is among the best and most ambitious in the country. Renowned artists visit Folk Hall to share their diverse talents with students and the community.
Art classes were first offered on campus in 1872; art was designated as a department in 1919.