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2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 37,413 people earned a degree or certificate in fine and studio arts, making the major the #32 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 41 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

Check out the Fine Arts doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best school in the United States for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

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#2

Duke University

Durham, NC

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great place for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

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#3

Emory University

Atlanta, GA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Emory University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in the United States. Emory is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Columbia University in the City of New York. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a great place for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

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University of Maryland - College Park came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a very large student population.

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#7

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree fine and studio arts programs. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #8 on this year’s Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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University of California - Berkeley landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree fine and studio arts programs. UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

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#10

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

University of Virginia - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for fine and studio arts students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the small suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public school with a very large student population.

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Fine & Studio Arts by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Fine & Studio Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Fine Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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