Fine & Studio Arts is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #31 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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for fine & studio arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 147 degrees in fine & studio arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Your choice of fine & studio arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Fine & Studio 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Maine list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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 pursuing a degree in fine & studio arts has to check out Maine College of Art. Maine College of Art is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Portland.
There were approximately 37 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at Maine College of Art in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the fine arts program state that they receive average early career wages of $18,640.
It is hard to beat University of Southern Maine if you wish to pursue a degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
There were about 14 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at University of Southern Maine in the most recent data year. After graduating, fine arts degree recipients usually make about $24,848 in the first five years of their career.
University of Maine is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a large student population.
There were about 25 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UMaine in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the fine & studio arts major at University of Maine make $2,777 above the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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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Your choice of fine & studio arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Fine & Studio Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
