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 7 schools in Pennsylvania to determine which ones were the best for art history students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 176 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. 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.
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 Pennsylvania 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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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.
University of Pennsylvania is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in art history. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #2 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UPenn is a great university overall.
There were roughly 25 art history students who graduated with this degree at UPenn in the most recent year we have data available.
Temple University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in art history. Temple is a very large public university located in the city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #97 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Temple is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 art history students who graduated with this degree at Temple in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in art history. Pitt is a very large public university located in the city of Pittsburgh. A Best Colleges rank of #85 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Pitt is a great university overall.
There were approximately 27 art history students who graduated with this degree at Pitt in the most recent data year.
Muhlenberg College is a great option for students interested in a degree in art history. Located in the midsize city of Allentown, Muhlenberg is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 17th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 3 art history students who graduated with this degree at Muhlenberg in the most recent data year.
Located in the large suburb of Mechanicsburg, Messiah is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 40th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were roughly 1 art history students who graduated with this degree at Messiah in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the fringe town of Kutztown, Kutztown University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 36th out of 103 schools for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were approximately 10 art history students who graduated with this degree at Kutztown University in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Glenside, Arcadia is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 27th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.
There were about 2 art history students who graduated with this degree at Arcadia in the most recent data year.
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. 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.
