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2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Texas

16 Colleges
$25,060 Avg Salary
$27,672 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts School for You

Fine & Studio Arts is the #81 most popular major in Texas with 169 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Texas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 16 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Texas

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

Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools

#1

Rice University

Houston, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Rice University the best school in Texas for fine and studio arts students. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.

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#2

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

The excellent programs at Texas Christian University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in Texas. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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The excellent programs at Texas A&M University - Commerce helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in Texas. Located in the town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public college with a large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Southern Methodist University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Texas list. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas.

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The excellent programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in Texas. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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West Texas A&M University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Texas ranking. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Texas ranking. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for fine and studio arts students. It came in at #8 on the list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

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Texas Woman’s University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Texas ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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#10

University of Houston

Houston, TX

University of Houston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for fine and studio arts students. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Houston Report

Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 36
Oklahoma 9
New Mexico 16

One of 9 majors within the area of study, fine and studio arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 16 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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