2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

FINE ART DEGREES

UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES

Fine art is a somewhat highly demanded area of study. On average, each course of study hands out roughly 6,000 annual undergrad degrees; last spring, 9,409 people were awarded undergrad degrees in fine art, making it the 49th most popular subject coast-to-coast. 583 of those degrees were conferred at School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which has the biggest program in the US. 1,119 of those degrees were earned at colleges in California.

Choosing the best fit for you is often hard, as 572 institutions around the country award undergrad degrees in fine art. At the college level, fine art is 3 times more broadly offered than the average major, making it the 33rd most universally offered area of study.

GRADUATE DEGREES

While a shade north of six out of seven degrees in fine art last spring were bachelor's degrees; 13% were postgraduate degrees. Fine art is the 101st most popular postgrad degree in the United States, with 1,350 degrees awarded. For some context, fine art is 51% less popular among postgrads than the average subject.

In Total, 10,759 students received a bachelor's or higher in fine art last year.

ONLINE FINE ART DEGREES

9 of those 10,759 students (0.1%) did their studies entirely online - 0 undergrads and 9 master's & doctor's students. It is currently the 244th most in-demand online postgraduate degree, and 98.5% shy of the nation's average (616).

PARTIALLY ONLINE FINE ART DEGREES

• 1,981 students were conferred undergraduate degrees in fine art partially online last May
• Four-year degrees in fine art are available partially online at 480 schools across the nation
• 21.05% of all undergrad degree in fine art are done partially online
• Laguna College of Art and Design's​ last undergraduate class contained a higher percentage of partially online fine art majors than any other US school (5.78%)
• Florida graduates more fine art majors partially online than any other state (272 bachelor's degrees awarded last spring)
• The average partially online major gives out 1,683 annual bachelor's degrees or higher

IN-PERSON FINE ART DEGREES

• 7,428 students were awarded undergraduate degrees in fine art entirely in-person last May
• Fine art is the 25th most broadly available in-person undergrad degree around the nation
• Last spring, 8,633 students completed a bachelor's or higher in fine art in-person
• School of the Art Institute of Chicago's​ last undergraduate class had the most dense population of in-person fine art majors in the United States of America (94.64%)
• Colleges from New York conferred the most in-person four-year degrees in fine art last May (954)
• 89.26% of all grad degrees in fine art are earned in-person