Fine Arts Best Colleges Graduation Rate Comparison
For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduation rate of the best colleges in Fine Arts study is 79.6%. The graduation rate is calculated by number of completers by dividing number of candidates. The completers have completed their degree/certificate within 150% of normal time, for example within 6 years for 4-years BS degree program.
The average transfer-out rate is 11.5% and the average retention rate is 90.4% (full-time students).
Next list shows the colleges with the highest and lowest graduation rate and more relative statistics.
- Yale University has the highest graduation rate of 96% and Alfred University has the lowest graduation rate of 57% and .
- CUNY Hunter College has the highest transfer-out rate of 27% and Stanford University has the lowest transfer-out rate of 1% and .
- Yale University has the highest retention rate of 99% and Otis College of Art and Design has the lowest retention rate of 74% and .
Fine Arts Best Colleges Graduation Rate Comparison
The following table lists the best colleges in Fine Arts programs. The "-" value in other columns means that the corresponding data has not been reported or the school does not have programs for the values.
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| Rank | College Name | Graduation Rate | Transfer-out Rate | Retention Rate (full-time) | Retention Rate (part-time) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 42 | University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA Public, 4 years four-years | 93% | 3% | 97% | 83 |
| 1 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | 67% | 23% | 84% | 100 |
| 6 | Yale University New Haven, CT Private, 4 years four-years | 96% | - | 99% | - |
| 645 | Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA Public, 4 years four-years | 63% | 21% | 85% | 50 |
| 593 | California Institute of the Arts Valencia, CA Private, 4 years four-years | 67% | 17% | 82% | - |
| 71 | Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI Private, 4 years four-years | 89% | 4% | 95% | - |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA Private, 4 years four-years | 94% | 2% | 98% | - |
| 2 | Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD Private, 4 years four-years | 72% | - | 83% | - |
| 44 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI Public, 4 years four-years | 93% | - | 97% | 80 |
| 918 | Alfred University Alfred, NY Private, 4 years four-years | 57% | - | 78% | - |
| 256 | Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY Private, 4 years four-years | 68% | - | 85% | - |
| 3 | California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA Private, 4 years four-years | 61% | - | 87% | 100 |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY Private, 4 years four-years | 96% | - | 98% | 95 |
| 90 | University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA Public, 4 years four-years | 86% | 4% | 94% | 84 |
| 677 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ Public, 4 years four-years | 68% | 18% | 87% | 52 |
| 306 | Art Center College of Design Pasadena, CA Private, 4 years four-years | 79% | - | 86% | - |
| 4 | Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield Hills, MI Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | - | - |
| 536 | The New School New York, NY Private, 4 years four-years | 69% | 14% | 85% | 84 |
| 5 | Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY Private, 4 years four-years | 74% | - | 88% | 100 |
| 41 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA Public, 4 years four-years | 93% | - | 97% | 81 |
| 119 | University of California-Davis Davis, CA Public, 4 years four-years | 86% | 5% | 93% | 83 |
| 79 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI Public, 4 years four-years | 90% | - | 96% | 81 |
| 702 | CUNY Hunter College New York, NY Public, 4 years four-years | 57% | 27% | 78% | 53 |
| 6 | Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA Public, 4 years four-years | 69% | - | 89% | 100 |
| 103 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY Private, 4 years four-years | 70% | - | 89% | 33 |
| 83 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ Public, 4 years four-years | 84% | - | 93% | 82 |
| 686 | School of Visual Arts New York, NY Private, 4 years four-years | 76% | 10% | 85% | 50 |
| 376 | University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO Public, 4 years four-years | 74% | 16% | 90% | 60 |
| 397 | University of Iowa Iowa City, IA Public, 4 years four-years | 75% | 17% | 90% | 64 |
| 57 | The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX Public, 4 years four-years | 89% | - | 97% | 90 |
| 22 | Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO Private, 4 years four-years | 94% | - | 95% | 60 |
| 37 | Boston University Boston, MA Private, 4 years four-years | 89% | - | 95% | - |
| 260 | Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN Public, 4 years four-years | 80% | 10% | 91% | 63 |
| 175 | Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 88% | - | 94% | 31 |
| 350 | Ohio University-Main Campus Athens, OH Public, 4 years four-years | 65% | 20% | 84% | 35 |
| 7 | Otis College of Art and Design Los Angeles, CA Private, 4 years four-years | 66% | - | 74% | - |
| 3 | Stanford University Stanford, CA Private, 4 years four-years | 92% | 1% | 98% | - |
| 516 | Temple University Philadelphia, PA Public, 4 years four-years | 75% | 13% | 83% | 53 |
| 560 | University of Arizona Tucson, AZ Public, 4 years four-years | 68% | 17% | 83% | 52 |
| 137 | University of Georgia Athens, GA Public, 4 years four-years | 90% | 7% | 94% | 96 |
| 102 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA Public, 4 years four-years | 85% | - | 95% | 87 |
| 544 | Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA Private, 4 years four-years | - | - | - | - |
| 143 | Florida State University Tallahassee, FL Public, 4 years four-years | 86% | 5% | 96% | 92 |
| 25 | New York University New York, NY Private, 4 years four-years | 88% | - | 96% | 64 |
| 129 | University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA Public, 4 years four-years | 87% | 5% | 94% | 68 |
| 100 | University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA Public, 4 years four-years | 83% | - | 93% | 41 |
| 9 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL Private, 4 years four-years | 96% | - | 99% | - |
| 75 | University of Florida Gainesville, FL Public, 4 years four-years | 91% | 5% | 98% | 72 |
| 116 | University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL Public, 4 years four-years | 62% | - | 80% | 48 |
| Average | 80% | 11% | 90% | 70 |