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Best Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

Fine & Studio Arts is the #32 most popular major in the country with 37,413 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for Fine Arts majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Fine & Studio Arts

Our analysis found Columbia University in the City of New York to be the best school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#2

Hood College

Frederick, MD

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Hood College is a great place for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. Hood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Frederick.

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#3

New York Academy of Art

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New York Academy of Art. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. New York Academy of Art is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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#4

Buffalo State

Buffalo, NY

Out of the 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Buffalo State landed the # 4 spot on the list. Buffalo State is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Buffalo.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, PAFA is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best fine and studio arts schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,161
New York 3,302
Maryland 623
New Jersey 765
District of Columbia 142
Delaware 58

One of 10 majors within the area of study, fine and studio arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 5 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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