Master of Fine Arts in Design

Nestled in Menomonie, bordering the Chippewa Valley region of western Wisconsin and an hour’s drive from the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, UW–Stout is a campus of approximately 7,000 students. Menomonie is a vibrant college town of over 16,000, home to bike trails, craft breweries, farmer’s markets, and a thriving historic downtown. It was named the 15 th Best Small Town in America by Smithsonian Magazine . UW–Stout’s namesake is its founder, James Huff Stout, whose progressive views on industry and education were rooted in the Arts & Crafts movement. Today, his spirit lives on in the special mission of the campus, officially designated as “Wisconsin’s Polytechnic University.” With an enrollment of over 1,300 students, the School of Art & Design is the largest public Art & Design unit in the upper Midwest, and is larger than most independent art schools.

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