Contact Lisa in our admissions office to get any answers you need at the phone number above.

How much does our certificate program cost?

Our Animation Certificate Programs are $30,000 per year (Fall of 2025) and subject to increase yearly. 

Classroom sizes are held to a maximum of 12 students to provide for the one-on-one attention students need in this competitive field. 

We are a private school and we do not provide loans or financial aid. All financing should go through your choice of a bank, credit union, or private loan company. Our admissions staff can give you some tips on how to negotiate finding loans more successfully. We will qualify for Veterans scholarships in 2025. 

2-Year Certificate- Our exceptional animation training program accepts students from 18 years and up. Students learn 2D, 3D, Character Design, Storyboarding, Filmmaking and Previsualization. These are the most hired and top paying jobs in the industry. Students can reach professional levels based on their entry skill levels and their work ethic while attending the school. We strongly recommend our 3-year program for 2D animation students who typically need more time to grow to today's industry standards than 3D focused students. 

3-Year Certificate- Our professional level training program takes students to industry level skills and tests them in real world job schedules. Our 3 years delivers our students Master's degree level skills giving them a huge advantage in the job market. Students will have the opportunity to major in 2D or 3D in their 3rd year and make their own content for their youtube channels and film festivals with full support from our Hollywood directors. Graduates of the 3-year program will have portfolio reviews from industry directors and recruiters currently working for major studios. There is no job placement in this industry but we share our connections and give many advantages not available at other schools.   

3D only path- We are now accepting students who want to learn only 3D animation. This is for students with no drawing ability but want to pursue filmmaking and animating in the movie and gaming industries.

ONLINE CLASSES

Introduction to 2D Animation and Introduction to 3D Animation are $1500 each. Details are below

Our online introductory classes are 8 weeks long and take place once a week from 7:30 to 9pm.

ENROLLING NOW for Fall of 2025 until August 2025

Our animation academy in Kansas City is currently enrolling for Fall of 2025 and for continuing online classes which are available throughout the year. Please contact Lisa through the contact box on the website for details and start dates. Space is limited for our groundbreaking courses so don't delay!

Do you need to be able to draw to be in our program? We are now forming a list of students who want to participate in our separate 3D animation only course path. For the current 2-Year Program there will be a portfolio review and intermediate drawing skills are required.

A portfolio review is required to attend. Students must have intermediate-level drawing skills. A test and a portfolio review are required for acceptance into our animation certification program in Kansas City. When you sign up for more info you will receive an extended list of portfolio guidelines to help you put your samples together. See the Qualifications section below.

We are the only 100% animation college program in the country, and our students are taught by industry directors from Hollywood in Kansas City. We have no academic courses and have developed the country's most practical specialized animation program you need to be hired. Our instructors each have over 30 years of industry experience at major film, game, and television studios and are dedicated to their small 12 student classroom to give specialized attention daily. In our animation certification program, you will be taught animation with more industry insight than any college in the country. It gives you the advantage you need in this competitive industry! We have limited spots available so please be sure to contact us right away to apply with your portfolio. 

ONLINE CLASSES

WANT TO TRY US OUT AND SEE IF ANIMATION IS RIGHT FOR YOU? Our online classes for Introduction to Animation and Introduction to 3D Animation will be enrolling several times a year. If you are interested in attending, please sign up for more info.

For information and news about our Kansas City animation academy, please sign up for more information so we can send you an introduction package with our catalog. We encourage you to call or schedule a Zoom meeting where we can answer any questions you have. Or we love to meet potential students and their families in person, so contact us to schedule a tour.

Online classes require 15 years and older with intermediate drawing skills. Unlike most other online schools, we teach live every week and you will be taught by a veteran animation director from a major Hollywood Studio!