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2025 Best Art History Schools in Minnesota

6 Colleges in Minnesota
60 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 Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for art history students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 60 degrees in art history to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Art History School

Best Art History Schools in Minnesota 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. 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.

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
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 Minnesota 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 Minnesota

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 Minnesota Schools in Art History

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MN
9.1% Growth in Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you want to pursue a degree in art history. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.

There were about 22 art history students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available.

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2
St. Olaf crest
St Olaf College
Northfield, MN
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In MN

Any student pursuing a degree in art history needs to take a look at St Olaf College. St. Olaf is a small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Northfield. A Best Colleges rank of #301 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means St. Olaf is a great college overall.

There were approximately 6 art history students who graduated with this degree at St. Olaf in the most recent data year.

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3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In MN
33.3% Growth in Graduates

Minnesota State University - Mankato is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in art history. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #412 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Minnesota State Mankato is a great university overall.

There were roughly 3 art history students who graduated with this degree at Minnesota State Mankato in the most recent year we have data available.

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
11th Most Popular In MN

Every student pursuing a degree in art history has to look into Minnesota State University - Moorhead. MSU Moorhead is a small public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead. This university ranks 30th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.

There were about 1 art history students who graduated with this degree at MSU Moorhead in the most recent data year.

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St. Cloud State University is a large public university located in the city of Saint Cloud. This university ranks 33rd out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.More information about a degree in art history from Saint Cloud State University

6
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In MN

UMN Duluth is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of Duluth. This university ranks 17th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.

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

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Best Art History Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Missouri 693 70
Iowa 648 26
Kansas 599 24
Nebraska 500 14

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

Majors Similar to Art History

Related Major Annual Graduates
Art Studies 254
Fine Arts 134
Painting 11
Drawing 4
Printmaking 4
Sculpture 1

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