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Hi all, I'm currently a student at Christie's Education and even though I might sound biased, it is a very reputable program. The coursework is just as rigorous as a traditional graduate school program. If you are looking to get a job teaching at a university, then a traditional program is probably for you. However, if you're looking to work in the art world in an auction house, gallery, in art insurance, in appraisals, or as an advisor etc., then this is the program for you. We have many guest lecturers and professionals who come directly from their fields to speak to us about the current art market and the art world in general. We go to Christie's every week for private walk-throughs and also participate in gallery crawls and museum visits. The program really prepares you for the professional art world and is right in New York City, one of the major art capitals of the world, with easy access to everything mentioned above. Every person that we have had come to speak to us says they would rather hire a Christie's EDU grad than someone coming from a traditional program because we know what to expect in the real world and have had hands-on experience and insider knowledge (basically). I'd definitely advise that people take advantage of an opportunity to attend a program like this. Eighty percent of graduates have a job within 6 months of graduation whereas you will be looking for employment for who knows how long after graduating from somewhere else. It's honestly super important to know about art from the commercial sense and not just from the formal analysis side of artworks because, in the end, all artists were and are trying to sell their works, whether on commision, at the salon in Paris, or through dealers. Understanding the other side of the history of art while also continuing the scholarly aspect is the perfect balance.