Fine & Studio Arts is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #31 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 3 schools in Maine to determine which ones were the best for fine & studio arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 136 degrees in fine & studio arts annually.
Your choice of fine & studio arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Fine & Studio 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Maine list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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.
Any student pursuing a degree in fine & studio arts has to look into Maine College of Art. Maine College of Art is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Portland.
There were roughly 33 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at Maine College of Art in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the fine arts program report average early career income of $24,555.
It is hard to beat University of Southern Maine if you want to pursue a degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.
There were approximately 11 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at University of Southern Maine in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the fine arts program state that they receive average early career earnings of $21,058.
University of Maine is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public university with a fairly large student population.
There were about 19 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UMaine 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 & studio arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Fine & Studio Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
