Fine Arts is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #66 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 8 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for fine arts students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 334 degrees in fine arts to qualified students.
Your choice of fine arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Fine Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
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 Kentucky.
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The schools below may not offer all types of fine arts degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
It is hard to beat University of Louisville if you want to pursue a degree in fine arts. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #421 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UofL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 59 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent data year.
University of Kentucky is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in fine arts. UK is a very large public university located in the large city of Lexington. A Best Colleges rank of #220 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were approximately 26 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Northern Kentucky University if you wish to pursue a degree in fine arts. NKU is a large public university located in the suburb of Highland Heights. A Best Colleges rank of #842 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means NKU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 46 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at NKU in the most recent year we have data available.
Bellarmine University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in fine arts. Bellarmine U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Louisville. This university ranks 7th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 11 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at Bellarmine U in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #851 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WKU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 61 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent data year.
Eastern is a large public university located in the town of Richmond. This university ranks 12th out of 39 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 17 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Murray, Murray State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 16th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 23 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at Murray State in the most recent data year.
Located in the remote town of Morehead, Morehead State University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 27th out of 39 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 20 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at Morehead State 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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Your choice of fine arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Fine Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
