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2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

There are about 37,266 students enrolled in Fine Art in the USA.

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popularity

Above Average

Compared to national avg.

Diplomas received last year

7,460

Vs. National Avg.

-31%

popularity Rank

#86

cost

Somewhat Affordable

Compared to national avg.

Median degree cost

$25K

Vs. National Avg.

2%

cost Rank

#235

salary

Below Average

Compared to national avg.

Average Salary Two Years Out of School

$40K

Vs. National Avg.

1%

salary Rank

#265

professors

Below Average

Compared to national avg.

Professor Rating

C+

Vs. National Avg.

2%

professors Rank

#230

students

Below Average

Compared to national avg.

Diversity Rating

C+

Vs. National Avg.

-2%

students Rank

#274

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

Top 25 Best Online Colleges for Fine Art

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B+

Rating

#1 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, IL | www.saic.edu/

78%

Acceptance

3,862

Students

#588

Ranking

$53K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#2 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL | www.ufl.edu/

31%

Acceptance

58,857

Students

#76

Ranking

$29K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#3 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA | www.harvard.edu/

5%

Acceptance

41,024

Students

#3

Ranking

$54K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#4 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA | www.upenn.edu/

9%

Acceptance

30,688

Students

#7

Ranking

$60K

Tuition

A

Rating

#5 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL | www.ucf.edu/

45%

Acceptance

81,082

Students

#200

Ranking

$22K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#6 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

New York University

New York, NY | www.nyu.edu/

21%

Acceptance

58,361

Students

#23

Ranking

$55K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#7 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

Colorado State University-Fort Collins

Fort Collins, CO | colostate.edu/

84%

Acceptance

37,806

Students

#426

Ranking

$31K

Tuition

A

Rating

#8 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

University of South Florida

Tampa, FL | www.usf.edu/

49%

Acceptance

60,343

Students

#220

Ranking

$17K

Tuition

A

Rating

#9 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ | https://www.arizona.edu/

85%

Acceptance

49,966

Students

#391

Ranking

$37K

Tuition

A

Rating

#10 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

University of Massachusetts-Amherst

Amherst, MA | www.umass.edu/

65%

Acceptance

35,781

Students

#218

Ranking

$36K

Tuition

A

Rating

#11 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

The New School

New York, NY | https://www.newschool.edu/

69%

Acceptance

12,046

Students

#261

Ranking

$51K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#12 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

Towson University

Towson, MD | www.towson.edu/

79%

Acceptance

25,370

Students

#465

Ranking

$24K

Tuition

A

Rating

#13 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

Biola University

La Mirada, CA | https://www.biola.edu/

64%

Acceptance

6,748

Students

#318

Ranking

$44K

Tuition

A

Rating

#14 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Baton Rouge, LA | www.lsu.edu/

73%

Acceptance

34,811

Students

#359

Ranking

$29K

Tuition

A

Rating

#15 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

Florida International University

Miami, FL | www.fiu.edu/

58%

Acceptance

73,970

Students

#364

Ranking

$19K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#16 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

University of Delaware

Newark, DE | www.udel.edu/

66%

Acceptance

26,527

Students

#142

Ranking

$36K

Tuition

A

Rating

#17 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY | www.buffalo.edu/

67%

Acceptance

35,509

Students

#264

Ranking

$28K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#18 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN | https://www.purdue.edu/

67%

Acceptance

49,027

Students

#129

Ranking

$29K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#19 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

California State University-Fullerton

Fullerton, CA | www.fullerton.edu/

68%

Acceptance

46,245

Students

#490

Ranking

$19K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#20 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Madison, WI | www.wisc.edu/

57%

Acceptance

47,831

Students

#101

Ranking

$39K

Tuition

A−

Rating

#21 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

University of North Carolina Wilmington

Wilmington, NC | www.uncw.edu/

68%

Acceptance

20,367

Students

#555

Ranking

$21K

Tuition

A

Rating

#22 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

University of South Carolina-Columbia

Columbia, SC | www.sc.edu/

68%

Acceptance

38,526

Students

#258

Ranking

$34K

Tuition

A+

Rating

#23 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL | https://www.fsu.edu/

32%

Acceptance

47,836

Students

#138

Ranking

$19K

Tuition

A

Rating

#24 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, CO | www.colorado.edu/

84%

Acceptance

41,826

Students

#311

Ranking

$38K

Tuition

A

Rating

#25 2024 Best Accredited Online Colleges for Fine Art

Indiana University-Bloomington

Bloomington, IN | www.indiana.edu/

80%

Acceptance

46,441

Students

#265

Ranking

$38K

Tuition

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