2025 Best Art History Schools in Illinois
6
Colleges in Illinois
112
Art History Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in
art history, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #192 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for art history students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 112 degrees in art history to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings
Choosing a Great Art History School
Your choice of art history 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 history 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.
Art History Rankings by Degree Level
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 History Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.
Best Schools for Art History in Illinois
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the art history degree levels they offer.
Top Illinois Schools in Art History
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
5th
Most Popular In IL
Any student pursuing a degree in art history has to check out Northwestern University. Located in the city of Evanston, Northwestern is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #5 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Northwestern is a great university overall.
There were roughly 12 art history students who graduated with this degree at Northwestern in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in art history from Northwestern University
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
4th
Most Popular In IL
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in art history. UIUC is a very large public university located in the city of Champaign. A Best Colleges rank of #41 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were about 9 art history students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in art history from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In IL
Any student who is interested in art history needs to check out School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Located in the large city of Chicago, School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
There were roughly 22 art history students who graduated with this degree at School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in art history from School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Columbia College Chicago is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in art history. Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the city of Chicago. This college ranks 9th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 6 art history students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in art history from Columbia College Chicago
Doctor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
3rd
Most Popular In IL
Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 14 art history students who graduated with this degree at UIC in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in art history from University of Illinois at Chicago
