Ranked #66 in popularity, fine arts is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for fine arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 230 degrees in fine arts annually.
Your choice of fine arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Fine Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The fine arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Fine Arts Schools in Connecticut.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the fine arts degrees they offer, see the list below.
Connecticut College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in fine arts. Located in the small city of New London, Conn College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #232 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Conn College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 18 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at Conn College in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in fine arts needs to check out University of Connecticut. Located in the town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.
There were approximately 50 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at UCONN in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Southern Connecticut State University if you want to pursue a degree in fine arts. SCSU is a medium-sized public university located in the midsize city of New Haven. This university ranks 11th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 25 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at SCSU in the most recent year we have data available.
Eastern Connecticut State University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in fine arts. ECSU is a small public university located in the fringe town of Willimantic. This university ranks 15th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were approximately 33 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at ECSU 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 fine arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Fine Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
