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2025 Best Art History Schools in New Jersey

5 Colleges in New Jersey
58 Art History Degrees Awarded
Art History is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #192 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Art History Schools in New Jersey ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 58 degrees in art history to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Art History School

Best Art History Schools in New Jersey The art history program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Art History rankings. We derive our Best Overall Art History School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Art History Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Art History
Master's Degrees in Art History
Doctor's Degrees in Art History

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 New Jersey list to help you make the college decision. 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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Best Schools for Art History in New Jersey

The schools below may not offer all types of art history degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top New Jersey Schools in Art History

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NJ

It's hard to beat The College of New Jersey if you wish to pursue a degree in art history. Located in the suburb of Ewing, TCNJ is a public college with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #200 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means TCNJ is a great college overall.

There were roughly 2 art history students who graduated with this degree at TCNJ in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in art history from The College of New Jersey

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NJ

Every student pursuing a degree in art history has to look into Rutgers University - New Brunswick. Rutgers New Brunswick is a very large public university located in the city of New Brunswick. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.

There were approximately 17 art history students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in art history from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NJ

William Paterson University of New Jersey is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in art history. William Paterson University is a moderately-sized public university located in the large suburb of Wayne. This university ranks 12th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were about 2 art history students who graduated with this degree at William Paterson University in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in art history from William Paterson University of New Jersey

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Kean University
Union, NJ

Every student who is interested in art history has to take a look at Kean University. Located in the suburb of Union, Kean is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 21st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.More information about a degree in art history from Kean University

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Drew University
Madison, NJ
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NJ

Drew is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Madison. This university ranks 37th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were roughly 2 art history students who graduated with this degree at Drew in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Art History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Art History Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
New York 1,026 706
Pennsylvania 978 159
Maryland 618 45
District of Columbia 441 72
Delaware 345 20

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Art History is one of 13 different types of Fine & Studio Arts programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Art Studies 434
Fine Arts 149
Other Fine Arts & Art Studies 66
Intermedia/Multimedia 48
Drawing 21
Sculpture 5
Ceramic Arts & Ceramics 1

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