Art Schools in Boston

Boston, MA (population: 610,407) has ten art schools within its city limits. Boston University, the highest ranked school in the city with an art program, has a total student population of 31,960. It is the 32nd highest ranked school in the USA and the 5th highest in the state of Massachusetts (#1 is Harvard University).

Art students from Boston schools who go on to become artists, animators, animation designers, animation artists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 8,900 people working as fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $50,630. Also, Craft artists make on average $33,070 per year and there are about 5,380 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area alone, there are 100 employed craft artists earning an average salary of $41,820. Fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators in this area earn $41,930/yr and there are 280 employed.

Boston lies in Suffolk county, which is one of the 12 counties in Massachusetts. Overall, the Boston-Cambridge-Quincy NECTA area has 1,685,900 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.6% unemployment rate, $28.04/hr average worker wage, and a $58,330 average annual salary. Thus, about 0.167 out of every 1000 jobs in Boston are held by fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators, and 0.060/1000 are held by craft artists.

Of the 10 art schools in Boston, only 4 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Simmons College comes out as the most expensive ($34,498/yr) for art students, with Bunker Hill Community College as the lowest, reported at only $7,745/yr.

Art Schools in Boston

• Art Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• English/Language Arts Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Culinary Arts and Related Services, Other

  Levels offered: Masters

• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Geology/Earth Science, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD

• Arts Management

  Levels offered: Masters

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and Performing Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• English/Language Arts Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Masters

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates, Bachelors, Masters

• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors, Masters

• Geology/Earth Science, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates, Bachelors, Masters

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Ceramic Arts and Ceramics

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Commercial and Advertising Art

• Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fine/Studio Arts, General

  Levels offered: Masters

• Metal and Jewelry Arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Arts Management

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other

  Levels offered: Masters

• Art Therapy/Therapist

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fine/Studio Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies

  Levels offered: Associates

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors, Masters

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors

• Design and Applied Arts, Other

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Fine/Studio Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Theatre/Theatre Arts Management

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and Performing Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Certificate

• Commercial and Advertising Art

  Levels offered: Certificate

• Art Teacher Education

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

• Fine/Studio Arts, General

  Levels offered: Certificate, Bachelors, Masters

• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other

• Geology/Earth Science, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Cartography

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

  Levels offered: Bachelors

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities

  Levels offered: Associates

• Culinary Arts/Chef Training

  Levels offered: Associates

• Visual and performing arts

  Levels offered: Associates

• Art/Art Studies, General

  Levels offered: Associates

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