What is the best game art and design school in the united states?

I have personal experience with the Digital Animation Center at the University of Colorado at Denver - it has excellent faculty and facilities, plus significant connections within the industry:


http://www.cu3d.org/





Gamasutra has a whole section on their web site about game design education with tons of information:


http://www.gamasutra.com/education/





Here's Gamasutra's whole list of schools that offer this:


http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/compani鈥?/a>





Here's another list of schools from gamedev.net:


http://www.gamedev.net/reference/list.as鈥?/a>





Many schools claim to be "the best" - but it all depends on what you mean by that. Choose some of the schools from the list, research their offerings, and email them to ask them specific questions about getting a job after graduation, the quality of their facilities, the quality of their faculty, and how they compare to other schools.





You can post your question on one of the forums (pick the right one) on gamedev.net:


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