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2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools

7 Colleges
$25,628 Avg Salary
$19,995 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Schools for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Fine & Studio Arts

Our analysis found Scottsdale Community College to be the best school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Located in the rural area of Scottsdale, Scottsdale Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

On average, Fine Arts graduates from Scottsdale Community College take out $16,321 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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#2

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college 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 Catholic University of America. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

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Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in the United States. PAFA is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

Fine Arts majors at PAFA take out an average of $29,374 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

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Missouri Southern State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for fine and studio arts students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the city of Joplin.

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Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for fine and studio arts students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the rural area of Santa Fe, Institute of American Indian Arts is a public school with a small 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 7 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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