2024 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in District of Columbia
3Colleges in District of Columbia
146Fine Arts Degrees Awarded
$33,805Avg Early-Career Salary
If you pursue a degree in fine & studio arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #31 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for fine & studio arts students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 146 degrees in fine & studio arts to qualified students.
Your choice of fine & studio arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fine & studio arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Fine & Studio Arts in District of Columbia
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the fine arts degree levels they offer.
It is difficult to beat George Washington University if you want to pursue a degree in fine & studio arts. GWU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 60 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in fine & studio arts has to take a look at American University. The American University is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. This university ranks 3rd out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were approximately 27 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at The American University in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the fine & studio arts program at American University get $5,041 more than the standard college grad with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Howard University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the large city of Washington, Howard is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were roughly 15 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at Howard in the most recent data year. After graduation, fine arts degree recipients usually earn an average of $28,764 in their early careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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