Fine Arts is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #66 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of fine arts. Combined, these schools handed out 180 degrees in fine arts to qualified students.
Your choice of fine arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Fine Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 Arts Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of fine arts degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in fine arts needs to take a look at Kean University. Located in the large suburb of Union, Kean is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 22nd out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 14 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at Kean in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in fine arts has to look into Stockton University. Stockton State is a medium-sized public university located in the suburb of Galloway. A Best Colleges rank of #628 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Stockton State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 27 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at Stockton State in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in fine arts needs to check out Brookdale Community College. Brookdale Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the rural area of Lincroft. This college ranks 39th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 7 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at Brookdale Community College in the most recent data year.
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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