2025 Best Art Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Art Studies is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #41 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for art studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 63 bachelor's degrees in art studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on art studies students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of art studies students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized art studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for art studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Art Studies Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Art Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Art Studies in Rhode Island

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for art studies students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Rhode Island Schools for a Bachelor's in Art Studies

1

Brown University
Providence, RI

41 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Brown University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in art studies. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Providence.More information about a bachelor’s in art studies from Brown University

2

University of Rhode Island
Kingston, RI

10 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in art studies has to look into University of Rhode Island. URI is a large public university located in the suburb of Kingston.More information about a bachelor’s in art studies from University of Rhode Island

Best Art Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Art Studies Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	167
Connecticut	341	75
Vermont	289	28
Maine	281	18
New Hampshire	276	32

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Rankings in Majors Related to Art Studies

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

Majors Similar to Art Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Painting	62
Fiber, Textile & Weaving Arts	35
Art History	26
Fine Arts	19
Sculpture	19
Jewelry Arts	17
Printmaking	15
Ceramic Arts & Ceramics	4
Other Fine Arts & Art Studies	4

Notes and References

• 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. More about our data sources and methodologies.