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.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Fine Arts Schools in Louisiana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 219 degrees in fine arts annually.
The fine arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fine Arts rankings. 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.
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 Fine Arts Schools in Louisiana list to help you make the college decision.
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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.
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a great choice for students interested in a degree in fine arts. Louisiana State University is a very large public university located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge. A Best Colleges rank of #357 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Louisiana State University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 103 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at Louisiana State University in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in fine arts needs to take a look at University of New Orleans. UNO is a moderately-sized public university located in the large city of New Orleans. This university ranks 22nd out of 30 schools for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were about 23 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at UNO in the most recent year we have data available.
Nicholls State University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in fine arts. Located in the city of Thibodaux, Nicholls State University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 19th out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were roughly 16 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at Nicholls State University in the most recent data year.
Northwestern State University of Louisiana is a great choice for students interested in a degree in fine arts. Located in the town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1683 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NSU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 20 fine arts students who graduated with this degree at NSU 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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The fine arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fine Arts rankings. 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.
