2025 Best Art History Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
9Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
86Art History Degrees Awarded
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 9 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to determine which ones were the best for art history students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 86 degrees in art history to qualified students.
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. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 the Rocky Mountains Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Art History in the Rocky Mountains Region
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.
University of Utah is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in art history. U of U is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City. A Best Colleges rank of #213 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were about 12 art history students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent data year.
University of Colorado Boulder is a good choice for students interested in a degree in art history. CU - Boulder is a very large public university located in the city of Boulder. A Best Colleges rank of #145 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means CU - Boulder is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 art history students who graduated with this degree at CU - Boulder in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat University of Denver if you wish to pursue a degree in art history. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #174 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DU is a great university overall.
There were about 17 art history students who graduated with this degree at DU in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in art history needs to check out Brigham Young University - Provo. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #257 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 17 art history students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available.
UW is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Laramie. This university ranks 1st out of 7 colleges for overall quality in the state of Wyoming.
There were about 3 art history students who graduated with this degree at UW in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were about 3 art history students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year.
MSU Denver is a large public university located in the large city of Denver. This university ranks 24th out of 31 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were about 4 art history students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent data year.
Southern Utah University is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Cedar City. This university ranks 9th out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 1 art history students who graduated with this degree at Southern Utah University 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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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. 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.
