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2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 50 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Colleges.

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

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best school in the Middle Atlantic Region for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Sotheby’s Institute of Art - NY helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the city of New York, Sotheby's Institute of Art - NY is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Columbia University in the City of New York helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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#4

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Carnegie Mellon University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

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#5

American University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Washington, The American University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#6

Towson University

Towson, MD

Towson University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Towson is a very large public school located in the small city of Towson.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree fine and studio arts programs. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#8

Goucher College

Baltimore, MD

Goucher College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the small city of Baltimore, Goucher is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#9

New York University

New York, NY

New York University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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University of Maryland - College Park landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree fine and studio arts programs. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of College Park.

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Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best fine and studio arts colleges 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 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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