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 Iowa ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 30 degrees in art education annually.
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.
The art education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Art Education Schools in Iowa.
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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.
Any student who is interested in art education needs to take a look at University of Northern Iowa. UNI is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Cedar Falls. A Best Colleges rank of #270 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNI is a great university overall.
There were about 13 art education students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent data year.
University of Iowa is a great option for students interested in a degree in art education. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were approximately 7 art education students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent year we have data available.
It's hard to beat Buena Vista University if you want to pursue a degree in art education. BVU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Storm Lake. This university ranks 30th out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 1 art education students who graduated with this degree at BVU in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in art education has to check out Mount Mercy University. Located in the midsize city of Cedar Rapids, Mount Mercy is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 34th out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 1 art education students who graduated with this degree at Mount Mercy 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.
