If you pursue a degree in fine & studio arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #31 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Arkansas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 212 degrees in fine & studio arts annually.
Your choice of fine & studio arts 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 fine & studio arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Arkansas list, to help you choose the best school for you.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
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Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the fine arts degree levels they offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in fine & studio arts has to check out University of Arkansas. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #239 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UARK is a great university overall.
There were about 69 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UARK in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the fine arts program state that they receive average early career earnings of $24,970.
It's difficult to beat University of Central Arkansas if you want to pursue a degree in fine & studio arts. UCA is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Conway. This university ranks 11th out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 32 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UCA in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the fine & studio arts degree program at University of Central Arkansas make $2,266 more than the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
It's difficult to beat University of Arkansas at Little Rock if you wish to pursue a degree in fine & studio arts. UA Little Rock is a moderately-sized public university located in the city of Little Rock. This university ranks 13th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were roughly 33 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UA Little Rock in the most recent year we have data available. Those fine & studio arts students who get their degree from University of Arkansas at Little Rock receive $4,395 more than the average fine arts graduate.
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).
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Your choice of fine & studio arts 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 fine & studio arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
