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Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

With 707 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fine and studio arts is the #38 most popular major in North Carolina.

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 Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Top North Carolina Schools for a Master's in Fine & Studio Arts

#1

Duke University

Durham, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in North Carolina for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Chapel Hill.

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Carolina University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. WCU is a large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great place for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

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Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 945
Virginia 769
Florida 1,339
Tennessee 440
Kentucky 375
South Carolina 347
Louisiana 370
Arkansas 221
Alabama 381
Mississippi 130
West Virginia 119

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 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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