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Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Fine & Studio Arts is the #32 most popular major in the country with 37,413 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. 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 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Columbia University in the City of New York to be the most popular school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Columbia is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

About 64% of the students majoring in Fine Arts at the school are women while 36% are male.

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

#2

Buffalo State

Buffalo, NY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Buffalo State helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular fine and studio arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Buffalo State is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Buffalo.

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#2

New York Academy of Art

New York, NY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at New York Academy of Art helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular fine and studio arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . New York Academy of Art is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Women make up 89% of the Fine Arts majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, PAFA is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#4

Hood College

Frederick, MD

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Hood College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular fine and studio arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Hood is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Frederick.

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#6

Goucher College

Baltimore, MD

With a ranking of #6, Goucher College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Baltimore, Goucher is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Goucher College Report

#6

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, NY

Pratt Institute - Main landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate fine and studio arts programs. Pratt Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Brooklyn.

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Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best fine and studio arts schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,161
New York 3,302
Maryland 623
New Jersey 765
District of Columbia 142
Delaware 58

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 7 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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