2024 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Southeast Region
118Colleges in the Southeast Region
6,169Fine Arts Degrees Awarded
$23,404Avg Early-Career Salary
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.
College Factual looked at 118 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 6,169 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. 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 the Southeast Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Fine & Studio Arts in the Southeast Region
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. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Duke University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #7 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Duke is a great university overall.
There were approximately 27 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at Duke in the most recent year we have data available.
Emory University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Emory is a great university overall.
There were roughly 31 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at Emory in the most recent data year.
University of Georgia is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 157 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent data year. Fine & Studio Arts degree recipients from University of Georgia earn a boost of about $7,055 above the typical income of fine & studio arts majors.
It is difficult to beat Vanderbilt University if you want to pursue a degree in fine & studio arts. Vanderbilt is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Nashville. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Vanderbilt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 17 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at Vanderbilt in the most recent data year.
Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Orleans. A Best Colleges rank of #78 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Tulane is a great university overall.
There were roughly 53 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at Tulane in the most recent data year. Fine & Studio Arts degree recipients from Tulane University of Louisiana get an earnings boost of approximately $4,751 above the typical income of fine & studio arts graduates.
University of Virginia is a fairly large public university located in the small suburb of Charlottesville. A Best Colleges rank of #33 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means University of Virginia is a great university overall.
There were approximately 71 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at University of Virginia in the most recent data year. After graduation, fine arts degree recipients usually earn around $24,937 at the beginning of their careers.
Located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UF is a great university overall.
There were approximately 129 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UF in the most recent data year. After graduating, fine arts degree recipients generally earn an average of $20,271 in their early careers.
Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #121 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Florida State is a great university overall.
There were about 149 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at Florida State in the most recent data year. Those fine & studio arts students who get their degree from Florida State University make $4,713 more than the typical fine arts student.
JMU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Harrisonburg. This university ranks 6th out of 63 colleges for overall quality in the state of Virginia.
There were roughly 132 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at JMU in the most recent year we have data available. Those fine & studio arts students who get their degree from James Madison University earn $9,661 more than the average fine arts student.
SCAD is a large private not-for-profit college located in the medium-sized city of Savannah.
There were about 187 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at SCAD in the most recent data year. Fine & Studio Arts degree recipients from Savannah College of Art and Design earn a boost of approximately $7,806 over the typical earnings of fine & studio arts majors.
UNC Chapel Hill is a very large public university located in the city of Chapel Hill. A Best Colleges rank of #43 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UNC Chapel Hill is a great university overall.
There were roughly 48 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UNC Chapel Hill in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the fine arts program earn around $20,885 for their early career.
Located in the small city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #139 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UA is a great university overall.
There were approximately 70 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the fine arts program make about $25,391 in their early career salary.
Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 60 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year. Fine & Studio Arts degree recipients from Virginia Tech receive an earnings boost of around $8,656 above the average income of fine & studio arts graduates.
Located in the small city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 34 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 72 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent data year. Fine & Studio Arts degree recipients from University of Arkansas get an earnings boost of around $2,876 over the typical income of fine & studio arts graduates.
Located in the city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #91 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means U Miami is a great university overall.
There were approximately 24 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at U Miami in the most recent data year.
UofSC is a very large public university located in the city of Columbia. This university ranks 2nd out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 74 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UofSC in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, fine arts degree recipients generally make an average of $23,772 in the first five years of their career.
USF Tampa is a very large public university located in the city of Tampa. This university ranks 8th out of 77 colleges for overall quality in the state of Florida.
There were about 127 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at USF Tampa 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 $24,175.
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Southeast Region award.
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.
