Help with Schools

#1

Hi guys, I´m new in this forum, I need to ask something, what 3D animation school did you recommend? I make this question because I´m from Panama and I want go to US to study and with luck get a job and stay living but firts I need to be sure about what school is good before spend a lot of money.

I was thinking in NYFA but I read that place is not to good in this career.

Thanks…

#2

Check out Full Sail University located in Orlando, FL.
You can find more about this school in my blog www.animationcrush.com
I am studying computer animation. Only have 5 months left till graduation.
I wrote first several posts in this blog about my experience at school and how to choose a school in general. You might find some useful tips there. I hope it helps.
p.s. Full Sail is pricy, but so far I feel that I am learning a TON of information and feel that I will be ready for a real job once I graduate.

#3

I tried my best and this is the list of top animation schools. You don’t have to search too much.

  1. Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA
    http://www.cmu.edu

  2. California Institute of the Arts in Valencia
    http://calarts.edu/

  3. Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
    http://www.scad.edu/

  4. Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
    http://www.risd.edu/

  5. University of California-Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
    http://www.ucla.edu/

  6. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
    http://www.usc.edu/

  7. Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota, Florida
    http://www.ringling.edu/

  8. New York University Tisch School of the Arts, New York, New York
    http://www.tisch.nyu.edu/page/home.html

  9. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    http://www.upenn.edu/

  10. University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida
    http://www.ucf.edu/

  11. GMAC School of the Arts, New York, New York
    http://www.gmacanimation.com

List of Top Animation Institute. Hope It Help You

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#4

I would definitely add School of Visual Arts to the list and Pratt Institute too particularly for graduate studies. Sheridan should be added to the list too. As for CMU, I don’t think they have an undergrad major in animation. They do, however, have a Masters in entertainment technology though.

Also, this list is for animation in general. Some of these school only offer undergraduate degrees. Also, some schools have strong programs in game design such as Digipen,which wasn’t mentioned here.