A degree in art history is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #192 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Wisconsin to determine which ones were the best for art history students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 78 degrees in art history to qualified students.
Your choice of art history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Art History School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Art History Schools in Wisconsin ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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 history degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in art history has to look into University of Wisconsin - Madison. UW - Madison is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Madison. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW - Madison is a great university overall.
There were about 46 art history students who graduated with this degree at UW - Madison in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee if you wish to pursue a degree in art history. UWM is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Milwaukee. This university ranks 23rd out of 46 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were about 23 art history students who graduated with this degree at UWM in the most recent data year.
Lawrence University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in art history. Located in the city of Appleton, Lawrence U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 32nd out of 46 schools for overall quality in the state of Wisconsin.
There were approximately 6 art history students who graduated with this degree at Lawrence U 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).
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Your choice of art history school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Art History School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
