2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in New Mexico

If you plan on getting your master's degree in fine and studio arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #49 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the most popular for master's degree seekers in the field of fine and studio arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 17 master's degrees in fine and studio arts during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Fine & Studio Arts School for Your Master's Degree

The Fine Arts master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in New Mexico ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of fine and studio arts students usually has them for a reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for fine and studio arts.

 

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Fine & Studio Arts in New Mexico

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in fine and studio arts.

Most Well Attended Schools for Fine Arts Students Working on Their Master's

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

13 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NM

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

University of New Mexico - Main Campus is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in fine and studio arts. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a very large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in fine and studio arts in New Mexico.

There were about 13 fine and studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

3 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NM

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

New Mexico State University - Main Campus is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in fine and studio arts. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public university with a large student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in fine and studio arts in New Mexico.

There were approximately 3 fine and studio arts students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Main Campus in the most recent data year.

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Southwest University of Visual Arts - Albuquerque
Albuquerque, NM

1 Annual Master's Degrees

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

Southwest University of Visual Arts - Albuquerque is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in fine and studio arts. Southwest University of Visual Arts - Albuquerque is a fairly small private for-profit university located in the large city of Albuquerque.

There were approximately 1 fine and studio arts individuals who graduated with this degree at Southwest University of Visual Arts - Albuquerque in the most recent data year.

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Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	223	170
Arizona	173	35
Oklahoma	161	15

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Rankings in Majors Related to Fine Arts

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Fine & Studio Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Fine Arts Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Art Studies	11
Fine Arts	4
Art History	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Fine Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music	41
Drama & Theater Arts	3

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan. More about our data sources and methodologies.