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2023 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Pennsylvania

14 Colleges
$24,402 Avg Salary
$28,647 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts School for You

Fine & Studio Arts is the #81 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 132 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in Pennsylvania 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 2023 rankings named Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts the most popular school in Pennsylvania for fine and studio arts students. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, PAFA is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

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

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#3

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Temple University is a great place for fine and studio arts students. Temple is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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Out of the 14 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 14 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Edinboro, Edinboro is a public college with a small student population.

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#6

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

Carnegie Mellon University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular fine and studio arts programs. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

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Moore College of Art and Design landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular fine and studio arts programs. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Moore College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Millersville University of Pennsylvania landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular fine and studio arts programs. Located in the suburb of Millersville, Millersville is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

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#9

The University of the Arts

Philadelphia, PA

The University of the Arts 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 city of Philadelphia, UArts is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#9

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, PA

Thomas Jefferson University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Pennsylvania list. Thomas Jefferson University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 721
Maryland 56
New Jersey 24
District of Columbia 41
Delaware 5

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 14 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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