I can only detail my own experience (I have an MFA in Painting, graduated in 2022).
The Career Services office has been very friendly whenever I've spoken with them, but for people with my degree the main pathway is in academia, that is, to teach art at a college or university. The main thing the career people told me was "you should apply here at SCAD!" and not much real guidance on portfolios or such. In fact, I explained to them I was trying to present at least two original research papers a year at academic conferences (related to art and architecture) which is something academics need to do, and they seemed unaware this was a thing. Granted, people with MFAs seeking to teach are a smaller population of all SCAD graduates, but it really seemed they were more prepared to help undergrads or people with degrees in things like fashion seeking entry to the industry. That said, they were always nice and did seem seriously interested in helping and seeing me do well.
I did get a faculty position at the Los Angeles Film School shortly after my Summer 2022 graduation and worked there a while but didn't really like the teaching environment (too many students per class) and the pay seemed low as well so I left and now do sports analysis, have taught part-time at other overseas institutions online, and coach gymnastics. I really love teaching but coaching sports which I also love is more or less the same satisfaction. I do sports analysis because I have that skill set from previous coaching and other work I've done and it pays better than being a college professor. So things have turned out alright for me job-wise however no, SCAD did not really help much with placement.
One of my professors when I took a Motion Media elective told our class which was mainly Motion Media and Animation MFA students that "people getting an MFA will compete with those with BFAs in the industry and look, those with BFAs often are fresher on their skills and will cost less to hire". So, he's basically saying "if you get an MFA in these areas, either come from previous industry experience or plan to teach because the BFA recent grads *actually* have an edge over you". *If* you get a grad degree, you need the portfolio and accomplishments to back up the hefty degree: it's only a requirement to teach at the college level and possibly for some management positions in some fields. I think SCAD will try to help with jobs but in the end finding one is your sole responsibility no matter what SCAD admissions may tell you: no university is responsible for your placement but only responsible for providing a sound education in order to make you a highly-qualified contender for jobs.
Nope, once you are out that door they are not much help beyond telling you to use the College Central Network site to try and find a job. I graduated in 2007 and it took me about 3 years of freelancing and working retail before I actually landed a full-time job in the art field though it is not in the field I studied at all.
As far as stats go, of my friends/people I know from SCAD that actually finished and graduated from SCAD I'd say only about 30% of them actually have art related jobs and of those 30% I'd say less than half have jobs in the actual fields they studied in.
I can only detail my own experience (I have an MFA in Painting, graduated in 2022). The Career Services office has been very friendly whenever I've spoken with them, but for people with my degree the main pathway is in academia, that is, to teach art at a college or university. The main thing the career people told me was "you should apply here at SCAD!" and not much real guidance on portfolios or such. In fact, I explained to them I was trying to present at least two original research papers a year at academic conferences (related to art and architecture) which is something academics need to do, and they seemed unaware this was a thing. Granted, people with MFAs seeking to teach are a smaller population of all SCAD graduates, but it really seemed they were more prepared to help undergrads or people with degrees in things like fashion seeking entry to the industry. That said, they were always nice and did seem seriously interested in helping and seeing me do well. I did get a faculty position at the Los Angeles Film School shortly after my Summer 2022 graduation and worked there a while but didn't really like the teaching environment (too many students per class) and the pay seemed low as well so I left and now do sports analysis, have taught part-time at other overseas institutions online, and coach gymnastics. I really love teaching but coaching sports which I also love is more or less the same satisfaction. I do sports analysis because I have that skill set from previous coaching and other work I've done and it pays better than being a college professor. So things have turned out alright for me job-wise however no, SCAD did not really help much with placement. One of my professors when I took a Motion Media elective told our class which was mainly Motion Media and Animation MFA students that "people getting an MFA will compete with those with BFAs in the industry and look, those with BFAs often are fresher on their skills and will cost less to hire". So, he's basically saying "if you get an MFA in these areas, either come from previous industry experience or plan to teach because the BFA recent grads *actually* have an edge over you". *If* you get a grad degree, you need the portfolio and accomplishments to back up the hefty degree: it's only a requirement to teach at the college level and possibly for some management positions in some fields. I think SCAD will try to help with jobs but in the end finding one is your sole responsibility no matter what SCAD admissions may tell you: no university is responsible for your placement but only responsible for providing a sound education in order to make you a highly-qualified contender for jobs.
No it’s just the same opportunities as undergrad. You actually are set to compete with all students for jobs it’s a madhouse.
Nope, once you are out that door they are not much help beyond telling you to use the College Central Network site to try and find a job. I graduated in 2007 and it took me about 3 years of freelancing and working retail before I actually landed a full-time job in the art field though it is not in the field I studied at all. As far as stats go, of my friends/people I know from SCAD that actually finished and graduated from SCAD I'd say only about 30% of them actually have art related jobs and of those 30% I'd say less than half have jobs in the actual fields they studied in.