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2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools

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Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Graduate 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 35 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for Fine Arts majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the most popular school in the United States for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 14 students majoring in Fine Arts at Columbia, 36% are male and 64% are female.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Columbia University in the City of New York Report

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

Women make up 77% of the Fine Arts majors at the school.

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#3

Buffalo State

Buffalo, NY

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Buffalo State is a great place for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Buffalo, Buffalo State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Buffalo State Report

#3

New York Academy of Art

New York, NY

Out of the 35 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, New York Academy of Art landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of New York, New York Academy of Art is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

About 89% of the students majoring in Fine Arts at the school are women while 11% are male.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at New York Academy of Art Report

#5

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Out of the 35 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at George Mason University Report

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth.

Of the 6 students majoring in Fine Arts at UMass Dartmouth, 17% are male and 83% are female.

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#7

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO

With a ranking of #7, Lindenwood University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. Lindenwood University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Saint Charles.

Women make up 60% of the Fine Arts majors at the school.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Lindenwood University Report

#8

Tufts University

Medford, MA

With a ranking of #8, Tufts University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

About 75% of the students majoring in Fine Arts at the school are women while 25% are male.

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With a ranking of #9, Auburn University at Montgomery did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Montgomery, AUM is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Auburn University at Montgomery Report

California State University - Long Beach did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for fine and studio arts students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at California State University - Long Beach Report

Fine & Studio Arts by Region

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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 35 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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