Art Studies is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #56 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Oregon to determine which ones were the best for art studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 159 degrees in art studies to qualified students.
The art studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Art Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for art studies 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.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Art Studies Schools in Oregon ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The schools below may not offer all types of art studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It's hard to beat University of Oregon if you wish to pursue a degree in art studies. UO is a fairly large public university located in the city of Eugene. A Best Colleges rank of #167 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UO is a great university overall.
There were about 55 art studies students who graduated with this degree at UO in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in art studies has to take a look at Western Oregon University. Western Oregon State College is a small public university located in the town of Monmouth. This university ranks 7th out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were roughly 27 art studies students who graduated with this degree at Western Oregon State College in the most recent year we have data available.
Oregon State University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in art studies. Oregon State is a very large public university located in the small city of Corvallis. A Best Colleges rank of #238 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Oregon State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 26 art studies students who graduated with this degree at Oregon State in the most recent year we have data available.
Southern Oregon University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in art studies. Southern Oregon University is a moderately-sized public university located in the suburb of Ashland. This university ranks 22nd out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were about 15 art studies students who graduated with this degree at Southern Oregon 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 studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Art Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for art studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
