Fine/Studio Arts, General

Liberal Arts • Visual And Performing Arts

What is it about?

A program that prepares individuals to generally function as creative artists in the visual and plastic media. Includes instruction in the traditional fine arts media (drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, CAD/CAM) and/or modern media (ceramics, textiles, intermedia, photography, digital images), theory of art, color theory, composition and perspective, anatomy, the techniques and procedures for maintaining equipment and managing a studio, and art portfolio marketing.

Numbers at a glance

41st
Popular nationwide
63
Search Rank on O's List
493
Colleges offer it
8,892
Graduates (2018-19)
Men
2,525
Women
6,367

Trends

Graduates
Popularity Rank

Colleges

Number of Colleges by Type
Median Graduating Class by College Type
Number of Colleges by Size
Top 10 Public by Number of Graduates
California State University-Fullerton256
California State University-Long Beach180
CUNY City College133
University of Central Florida128
University of North Texas125
Indiana University-Purdue University-Indianapolis118
Florida State University112
San Jose State University110
The University of Texas at Arlington98
Colorado State University-Fort Collins86
Average public university graduating class: 30 students.
Top 10 Private by Number of Graduates
School of the Art Institute of Chicago583
Bard College104
Alfred University74
The New School67
Loyola Marymount University48
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art47
Spalding University31
Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design31
California Institute of the Arts29
New York University29
Average private university graduating class: 10 students.

O's Insights on Fine/Studio Arts, General

  • Major has been increasing in popularity over the last 15 years.
  • 69% of graduates come from public universities.

Related Majors

Major Graduates Colleges
Art/Art Studies, General 10,135 522
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 2,286 340
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other 554 60
Painting 545 59
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