Pratt Institute · Digital Arts and Animation, School of Art

Digital Arts, BFA (Emphasis in 2-D Animation)

BFABachelor of Fine ArtsFunding not verified

Overview

Four-year, 126-credit BFA in Digital Arts with an emphasis in 2-D animation, taught on the Brooklyn campus.

Official program name: Digital Arts, BFA (Emphasis in 2-D Animation)
Awarded degree: Bachelor of Fine ArtsBachelor's · Bachelor of Fine Arts
Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Qualification classification: Academic degreeBachelor of Fine Arts; Pratt is chartered to confer academic degrees by the State of New York.Titled as a bachelor's, master's or doctoral degree in its own national system.
Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Degree-awarding body: The institution itself unless stated otherwise on its official page.
Country: United States
Teaching language: Not verified
Application route: Common App
Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
School: Pratt Institute — Digital Arts and Animation, School of Art
Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Delivery: On campus
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Required attendance: Not verified
Study intensity: Not published
Duration: 4 Years
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Credits and credit system: 126US semester credit hours — not directly interchangeable with other countries' systems.
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Entry routes: Not verified

Specializations

Specialization	Classification	Evidence
2D Animation	Official pathwayPathway: 2-D AnimationAn officially named concentration, pathway or major inside the degree.	Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026

Why this degree is listed

Officially named emphasis in animation within the Digital Arts BFA; page for the program is titled for the animation emphasis.

Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026

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Curriculum, pathways and faculty

Official concentrations and pathways

2-D Animation
Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026

Graduation film, thesis or capstone

Culminating requirement: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Faculty listed by the program

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Software, equipment and costs

Software and equipment are shown only as the school publishes them: required, taught, provided or bought by the student. Tuition does not include hardware, software or materials unless the school says so, and online students do not automatically share campus facilities.

Software

Software	Status	As published
Toon Boom	Provided in labs / fees	Installed on Apple computers in the computing facilities.Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Nuke	Provided in labs / fees	Installed in the computing facilities.Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Dragonframe	Provided in labs / fees	Installed in the computing facilities.Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Adobe Creative Cloud	Provided in labs / fees	Available free to all Pratt students.Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026

Equipment, computers and facility access

Computer requirements: Department laptop recommendation (not stated as mandatory) for BFA 2D Animation: Intel Core i5/i7 or Apple Silicon M2 or better, 16-32 GB RAM, 1 TB SSD; software Adobe Creative Suite, Toon Boom Harmony, After Effects.
Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Facilities: Cintiq workstation, experimental and stop motion studios are shown among department facilities.
Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026

Published equipment and software costs

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Admissions

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Portfolio and submission materials

Material	Status	Instructions as published
Portfolio	Required	General visual portfolio of 10 to 20 artworks, including 3-to-5 examples of original work done from direct observation; applicants to 2D Animation and 3D Animation submit this portfolio.Length: 10–20 piecesSource: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Drawing samples	Required	3-to-5 examples of original work from direct observation of three-dimensional situations and objects.Length: 3–5 piecesSource: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026

Other requirements

Personal statement: RequiredPratt essay of 250-500 words or two pages maximum; the Common App essay is optional.
Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Application fee: RequiredUSD 50 — Administrative fee of $50 for U.S. citizens and permanent residents and $90 for international applicants.
Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Transcripts: RequiredOfficial high school transcripts from all high schools attended.
Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026

Tests

TOEFL iBT: Required — minimum 92minimum 92 on the 0-120 scale, or 5 on the new 1-6 scale, for applicants whose primary language is not English
Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
IELTS: Required — minimum 7IELTS Academic minimum 7.0
Source: pratt.edu · verified October 14, 2026
Duolingo English Test: Required — minimum 125minimum 125
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PTE Academic: Required — minimum 62PTE Academic minimum 62
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Deadlines

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Priority deadline
Early Action Decision November 15 · for Year not printed
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Priority deadline
Priority Decision January 15 · for Year not printed
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Tuition and fees

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Tuition: not verified. We publish this only when the school states it on an official page.

Funding

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Funding not verified

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Sources and verification

Every fact on this page comes from the official pages below. Last verified October 14, 2026.

pratt.edu/administrative-departments/technology/technology-resources/laptop-software-guidelines/depa — Official program page, verified October 14, 2026
pratt.edu/admissions/undergraduate-admissions/ — Official program page, verified October 14, 2026
pratt.edu/art/digital-arts-and-animation/2-d-animation-digital-arts-bfa/ — Official program page, verified October 14, 2026
pratt.edu/resources/undergraduate-application-requirements-high-school-applicants/ — Official program page, verified October 14, 2026

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