Check out Brooks institute on Photography, in my opinion they are the best in the country. Having art be part of your studies will definetely be a great help, but you also need to know the business part and Brooks does a great job of both.
im a junior in high school currently, i want to go into photography when i grow up.....im not quite sure which field tho..[portraits...weddings...sports...photojournalism...etc...]....i've been doing research on college's in CA that offer photography degrees and im not finding many...would a degree in art be the same? ... what would be the drawbacks?