2025 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in District of Columbia
2Colleges in District of Columbia
132Fine Arts Degrees Awarded
$26,338Avg Early-Career Salary
If you pursue a degree in fine & studio arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #31 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 132 degrees in fine & studio arts to qualified students.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in District of Columbia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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 Fine & Studio Arts in District of Columbia
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the fine arts degree levels they offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in fine & studio arts has to look into American University. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington.
Degree recipients from the fine & studio arts degree program at American University make $8,940 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
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).
Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.
