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2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

Fine & Studio Arts is the #20 most popular major in California with 6,381 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in California 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found California State University - Long Beach to be the most popular school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in California. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public college with a very large student population.

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

Out of the 4 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Laguna College of Art and Design landed the # 2 spot on the list. LCAD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Laguna Beach.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Laguna College of Art and Design Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of Southern California

#3

San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco, CA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at San Francisco Art Institute helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular fine and studio arts schools in California. SFAI is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of San Francisco.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at San Francisco Art Institute

Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 402
Oregon 419
Nevada 141
Hawaii 116
Alaska 35

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 4 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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