AdmissionsWhy Mason Gross?

The Rutgers Admissions website contains general information about applying to Rutgers as an undergraduate or graduate. But as a potential arts student, you may be wondering -- why Mason Gross School of the Arts?

As a Mason Gross student, you would be part of and take part in:

  • A community of artists who study, teach, exhibit, and perform together within the context of a leading national research university.
  • Studio- and performance-based instruction, taught by renowned working artists and master teachers.
  • Liberal arts core requirements and electives, which provide students with an integrated understanding of arts as an intellectual process.
  • A larger university with access to unparalleled academic opportunities which expand upon studio-based skills and create humanistic cross-references and connections that enrich and deepen artistic practice.
  • Low student-to-faculty ratio, providing an intimate and supportive educational environment.
  • A community of students and faculty who interact and support one another's work.
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration across fields of artistic study.
  • Intimacy and intensity of focus within the arts curriculum.