by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Pennsylvania” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Fine Arts is the 66th most popular major in the country with 11,922 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Pennsylvania, there were 452 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,136 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Pennsylvania” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in fine arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their fine arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The fine arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Pennsylvania”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania master’s degree fine arts students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 27 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Moore College of Art and Design. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Pennsylvania. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s fine arts students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Pennsylvania list. Edinboro is a public institution located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Pennsylvania list. UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carlow University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s fine arts degrees to 10 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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