<Tr> <Th> Athletics </Th> <Td> NCAA Division II </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> academyart.edu </Td> </Tr> <P> The Academy of Art University, formerly Academy of Art College, is a privately owned for - profit art school in San Francisco, California, in the United States . It was founded as the Academy of Advertising Art by Richard S. Stephens in 1929 . It has 283 full - time teachers and 1154 part - time teaching staff, and about 12,600 students; it claims to be the largest privately owned art and design school in the United States . </P> <P> The school is one of the largest property owners in San Francisco, with the main campus located on New Montgomery Street in the South of Market district . </P>

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