2024 Best Art History Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in art history, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #108 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Art History Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 19 doctor's degrees in art history during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on art history students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other art history students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized art history related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for art history students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Art History Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Art History Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Art History in the New England Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for art history students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top New England Region Schools for a Doctorate in Art History

1

Yale University
New Haven, CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

Yale University is a good choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in art history. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Haven.More information about a doctorate in art history from Yale University

2

Boston University
Boston, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in art history has to check out Boston University. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in art history from Boston University

Best Art History Colleges by State

Explore the best art history colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	284	14
Connecticut	138	3
Rhode Island	119	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Art History

Art History is one of 13 different types of Fine & Studio Arts programs to choose from.

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan. More about our data sources and methodologies.