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2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Illinois

13 Colleges
$26,018 Avg Salary
$26,776 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts School for You

Fine & Studio Arts is the #45 most popular major in Illinois with 274 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in Illinois to see which programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Fine & Studio Arts program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found School of the Art Institute of Chicago to be the most popular school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a degree in Illinois. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#2

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Eastern Illinois University is a great place for fine and studio arts students. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a great place for fine and studio arts students. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Carbondale is a great place for fine and studio arts students. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a large student population.

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Northern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for fine and studio arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Northern Illinois University Report

#6

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

With a ranking of #6, Northwestern University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for fine and studio arts students. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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Illinois State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Illinois list. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#9

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

University of Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for fine and studio arts students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Chicago Report

Columbia College Chicago landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular fine and studio arts programs. Columbia is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 72
Ohio 78
Indiana 44
Wisconsin 54

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 13 schools only.

  • 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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