Unranked Specialty Schools: Arts

Colleges that offer most or all of their degrees in fine arts or performing arts are listed here as specialty schools. These schools are not ranked, since the category is so small.

Save School Tuition Average freshman retention rate
Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

$23,240 62%
American Academy of Art 1

Chicago, IL

N/A N/A
Art Academy of Cincinnati 1

Cincinnati, OH

N/A N/A
Art Center College of Design

Pasadena, CA

$35,552 N/A
Art Institute of Atlanta 1

Atlanta, GA

N/A N/A
Art Institute of Colorado 1

Denver, CO

N/A N/A
Art Institute of Houston 1

Houston, TX

N/A N/A
Art Institute of Pittsburgh 1

Pittsburgh, PA

N/A 60% 8
Art Institute of Portland 1

Portland, OR

N/A N/A
Art Institute of Seattle 1

Seattle, WA

N/A N/A
Berklee College of Music

Boston, MA

$36,490 81% 8
Boston Architectural College

Boston, MA

$17,330 58%
Boston Conservatory

Boston, MA

N/A 85%
California College of the Arts

San Francisco, CA

$38,798 77%
California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, CA

$39,014 81%
Cleveland Institute of Art

Cleveland, OH

$34,970 84%
Cleveland Institute of Music 1

Cleveland, OH

N/A N/A
College for Creative Studies

Detroit, MI

$34,375 75% 8
College of Visual Arts 1

St. Paul, MN

N/A 67% 8
Columbus College of Art and Design

Columbus, OH

$29,222 79%
Corcoran College of Art and Design

Washington, DC

N/A 74%
Cornish College of the Arts

Seattle, WA

$32,380 67%
Curtis Institute of Music

Philadelphia, PA

$2,350 97%
Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture 1

Scottsdale, AZ

$30,300 (total tuition/fees/room/board) N/A
Harrington College of Design 1

Chicago, IL

N/A N/A
Illinois Institute of Art at Chicago 1

Chicago, IL

N/A N/A
Juilliard School

New York, NY

$33,630 88% 8
Kansas City Art Institute

Kansas City, MO

$31,992 77%
Laguna College of Art and Design 1

Laguna Beach, CA

$25,000 N/A
Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts

Old Lyme, CT

$28,536 82% 8
Maine College of Art

Portland, ME

$30,060 74% 8
Manhattan School of Music 1

New York, NY

N/A N/A
Maryland Institute College of Art

Baltimore, MD

$39,340 85%
Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Boston, MA

in-state: $10,400, out-of-state: $27,500 88%
Memphis College of Art 1

Memphis, TN

$26,250 66% 8
Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design

Milwaukee, WI

$29,942 74%
Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis, MN

$31,650 81%
Montserrat College of Art

Beverly, MA

N/A 75%
Moore College of Art and Design 1

Philadelphia, PA

N/A N/A
New England Conservatory of Music 1

Boston, MA

$38,455 92% 8
New England Institute of Art 1

Brookline, MA

N/A N/A
Otis College of Art and Design

Los Angeles, CA

$38,300 80%
Pacific Northwest College of Art 1

Portland, OR

N/A 63% 8
Pennsylvania College of Art and Design

Lancaster, PA

N/A N/A
Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, RI

$41,332 95%
Ringling College of Art and Design

Sarasota, FL

$36,150 81%
Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design

Lakewood, CO

N/A 61%
San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco, CA

$36,618 55%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music

San Francisco, CA

N/A 78%
Santa Fe University of Art and Design 1

Santa Fe, NM

N/A N/A

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