If you pursue a degree in art studies, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #56 most popular program 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 3 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for art studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 64 degrees in art studies annually.
Your choice of art studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Art Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
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 Studies Schools in Rhode Island list to help you make the college 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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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 studies degree levels they offer.
Brown University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in art studies. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Providence. A Best Colleges rank of #26 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.
There were about 27 art studies students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Rhode Island is a good decision for students interested in a degree in art studies. URI is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Kingston. This university ranks 5th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were about 12 art studies students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent data year.
Community College of Rhode Island is a great option for students interested in a degree in art studies. CCRI is a fairly large public college located in the small city of Warwick. This college ranks 9th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.
There were approximately 16 art studies students who graduated with this degree at CCRI in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of art studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Art Studies School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
