The Art Institute of Tampa serves the educational needs of its students through Associate of Arts and Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees by advancing their current state of knowledge, to developing programs which meet the changing needs of the business community, and to encouraging graduates to apply the knowledge they gain in their chosen field and for the good of the society in which they live.

While generating the resources necessary to accomplish its aims, The Art Institute of Tampa maintains and improves the quality of its faculty and works to achieve its mission through the following educational goals:

To help students master their chosen areas of competency and to prepare them to continue their professional development in those fields.

To teach students the methods and techniques that are currently used in their chosen fields and provide them with problem-solving skills to develop the resources needed to constantly update their skills

To foster within each student a desire to maintain a high degree of professionalism in their chosen careers and to continue learning throughout their lives.

To give students broad foundations in the theory and practice of their chosen occupations.

To help students identify their personal, academic, and career goals within the specific fields offered. And to help them develop the means of achieving those goals.

To offer educational programs to students from diverse backgrounds and with diverse cultural experiences.

To promote an environment of academic freedom in which instructors are free to teach and students are free to learn.

To provide for an ongoing process of self-assessment to determine if the educational programs are meeting their stated goals.