2025 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region
61Colleges in the Far Western US Region
7,899Fine Arts Degrees Awarded
$26,338Avg Early-Career Salary
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 61 schools in the Far Western US Region 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 7,899 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.
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Best Schools for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region
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. Only those schools that rank in the top 20% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
It's hard to beat University of Southern California if you want to pursue a degree in fine & studio arts. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #13 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were about 90 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the fine & studio arts program at University of Southern California get $23,823 more than the typical college grad with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
It's hard to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were about 152 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the fine arts program make about $25,947 for their early career.
It's hard to beat University of California - Los Angeles if you want to pursue a degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #28 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCLA is a great university overall.
There were roughly 149 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UCLA in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, fine arts degree recipients generally make around $21,220 in the first five years of their career.
University of California - Santa Barbara is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #47 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCSB is a great university overall.
There were roughly 142 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UCSB in the most recent data year.
UC Berkeley is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Berkeley. A Best Colleges rank of #14 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UC Berkeley is a great university overall.
There were about 101 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UC Berkeley in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the fine arts program state that they receive average early career earnings of $20,368.
UO is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Eugene. This university ranks 1st out of 29 schools for overall quality in the state of Oregon.
There were approximately 141 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UO in the most recent data year. Soon after graduation, fine arts degree recipients typically make around $26,404 in their early careers.
WWU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Bellingham. This university ranks 5th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 66 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the fine arts program make about $23,102 in their early career salary.
CSULB is a fairly large public university located in the city of Long Beach. This university ranks 36th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 435 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at CSULB in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the fine arts program report average early career wages of $21,493.
Located in the small suburb of Davis, UC Davis is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Davis is a great university overall.
There were roughly 82 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UC Davis in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the fine arts program report average early career earnings of $23,409.
UC Santa Cruz is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Santa Cruz. A Best Colleges rank of #91 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UC Santa Cruz is a great university overall.
There were roughly 109 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at UC Santa Cruz in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the fine arts program earn an average of $21,106 for their early career.
Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 41st out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 430 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at Cal State Fullerton 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 $24,367.
California College of the Arts is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of San Francisco.
There were about 90 fine & studio arts students who graduated with this degree at California College of the Arts in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, fine arts degree recipients typically make an average of $20,149 in their early careers.
Here are some additional great schools for Fine & Studio Arts students in the Far Western US Region that almost earned our Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Far Western US Region award.
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.
