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2023 Most Popular 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 58 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Fine & Studio Arts program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found The Graduate Center, CUNY to be the most popular school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New York.

About 71% of the students majoring in Fine Arts at the school are women while 29% are male.

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#2

New York University

New York, NY

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

Women make up 83% of the Fine Arts majors at the school.

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#3

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular fine and studio arts schools in the United States. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

Women make up 70% of the Fine Arts majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular 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 fairly large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in Fine Arts at Columbia, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#5

Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

Out of the 58 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Bard College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Bard is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Annandale-On-Hudson.

Of the 6 students majoring in Fine Arts at Bard, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

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#5

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Chicago. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 67% of the Fine Arts majors at the school.

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#8

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

With a ranking of #8, Princeton University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for fine and studio arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 60% of the students majoring in Fine Arts at the school are women while 40% are male.

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#8

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Pennsylvania Report

University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree fine and studio arts programs. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 75% of the Fine Arts majors at the school.

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Honorable Mentions

These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also popular but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Doctor's Degree Schools award.

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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 36 schools only.

  • 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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