Have you seen the film "Art School Confidential"?  It's a pretty cool film about life in an art college.  It's great because it reveres art while simultaneously making fun of the cliches and stereotypes in the art world.  By the way, if you meet art people who don't have a sense of humor, quickly run away from them.  Anyway, check out the film.  Meantime, here's a small list of some top art schools across North America.

Northeast:

University of Toronto — Dept. of Fine Art

http://www.art.utoronto.ca/

Concordia University - Dept. of Studio Arts

http://studio-arts.concordia.ca/

Columbia University School of Visual Arts

http://wwwapp.cc.columbia.edu/art/app/arts/visual_arts/index.jsp

Pratt Institute

http://www.pratt.edu/

State University of New York at Purchase

http://www.purchase.edu/

Yale University School of Art

http://art.yale.edu/Home

Boston University School of Visual Arts

http://www.bu.edu/cfa/visual-arts/

Princeton University — Visual Arts

http://www.princeton.edu/arts/arts_at_princeton/visual_arts/

Temple University — Tyler School of Art

http://www.temple.edu/tyler/

Pennsylvania College of Art & Design

http://www.pcad.edu/

Mid-Atlantic:

American University — Studio Art

http://www.american.edu/cas/studio/index.cfm

Maryland Institute College of Art

http://www.mica.edu/

Southeast:

Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts

http://www.vcu.edu/arts/

Savannah College of Art & Design

http://www.scad.edu/

University of Florida School of Art & Art History

http://www.arts.ufl.edu/art/default.aspx

Florida International University School of Art

http://saah.fiu.edu/

Midwest:

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

http://www.saic.edu/

Ohio University School of Art

http://www.finearts.ohio.edu/art/home.htm

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

Herron School of Art & Design

http://www.herron.iupui.edu/

Indiana University — Bloomington, IN School of Fine Arts

http://www.indiana.edu/~finaweb/fa_landing.htm

Washington University — St. Louis

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/

University of Minnesota School of Fine Arts

http://www.d.umn.edu/finearts/

Southwest:

University of Texas College of Fine Arts

http://www.utexas.edu/finearts/about

Texas Tech School of Art

http://www.depts.ttu.edu/ART/index.php

University of New Mexico College of Fine Arts

http://www.unm.edu/~artdept2/graduate_programs/faculty.html

University of Arizona School of Art

http://web.cfa.arizona.edu/art/

West:

UCLA Design Media Arts

http://dma.ucla.edu/

Academy of Art University

http://www.academyart.edu/

Art Center College of Design

http://www.artcenter.edu/accd/about.jsp

University of Washington School of Art

http://art.washington.edu/