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2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Massachusetts

7 Colleges
$27,617 Avg Salary
$24,878 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts School for You

With 169 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fine and studio arts is the #75 most popular major in Massachusetts.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges.

Top Massachusetts Schools in Fine & Studio Arts

#1

Williams College

Williamstown, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Williams College the best school in Massachusetts for fine and studio arts students. Williams is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Williamstown.

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#2

Tufts University

Medford, MA

The excellent programs at Tufts University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in Massachusetts. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

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#3

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Massachusetts College of Art and Design. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Massachusetts list. Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a small public school located in the city of Boston.

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#5

Lesley University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lesley University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Lesley is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst ranked #6 on this year’s Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a very large student population.

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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best fine and studio arts programs. Located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 70
Rhode Island 38
New Hampshire 24
Maine 35
Vermont 19

Fine & Studio Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699
Arts & Media Management 1,184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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