A degree in art education is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #308 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Art Education Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 153 degrees in art education to qualified students.
Your choice of art education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for art education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Art Education Schools in Pennsylvania list to help you make the college decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the art education degrees they offer, see the list below.
It's difficult to beat Temple University if you wish to pursue a degree in art education. Temple is a very large public university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #97 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were roughly 20 art education students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent data year.
Messiah University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in art education. Located in the suburb of Mechanicsburg, Messiah is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 40th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 7 art education students who graduated with this degree at Messiah in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Saint Joseph's University if you wish to pursue a degree in art education. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, St. Joe's is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #105 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means St. Joe's is a great university overall.
There were about 3 art education students who graduated with this degree at St. Joe's in the most recent year we have data available.
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in art education. Located in the town of Kutztown, Kutztown University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 36th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 56 art education students who graduated with this degree at Kutztown University in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
Your choice of art education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for art education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
