2024 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in New Mexico
3Colleges in New Mexico
162Fine Arts Degrees Awarded
$16,769Avg 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.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in New Mexico ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 162 degrees in fine & studio arts to qualified students.
The fine arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fine & Studio Arts rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in New Mexico.
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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.
It is difficult to beat University of New Mexico - Main Campus if you want to pursue a degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population.
There were about 74 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available. Those fine & studio arts students who get their degree from University of New Mexico - Main Campus make $2,444 more than the standard fine arts grad.
Every student who is interested in fine & studio arts has to check out Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development. Located in the rural area of Santa Fe, Institute of American Indian Arts is a public school with a fairly small student population.
There were about 36 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at Institute of American Indian Arts in the most recent data year. After graduation, fine arts degree recipients generally make around $15,574 in the first five years of their career.
It's difficult to beat Central New Mexico Community College if you want to pursue a degree in fine & studio arts. CNM is a fairly large public college located in the city of Albuquerque.
There were about 15 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at CNM in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the fine arts program make around $13,077 for their early career.
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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The fine arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fine & Studio Arts rankings. 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.
