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3. Art History, Criticism and Conservation

Most Popular Schools for Art History, Criticism and Conservation Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the study of the historical development of art as social and intellectual phenomenon, the analysis of works of art, and art conservation. Includes instruction in the theory of art, art history research methods, connoisseurship, the preservation and conservation of works of art, and the study of specific periods, cultures, styles, and themes.

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Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	New York University	112	1%	$73,566
2	Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY	110	100%	N/A
3	Columbia University in the City of New York	73	1%	$76,856
4	The New School	58	2%	$71,361
5	University of California-Los Angeles	57	0%	$34,620
6	Yale University	41	1%	$73,900
7	Florida State University	40	0%	$22,168
8	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus	39	0%	$33,503
9	School of Visual Arts	38	3%	$66,768
10	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	36	0%	$27,638
11	Princeton University	36	2%	$70,900
12	University of California-Berkeley	35	0%	$38,066
13	CUNY Hunter College	35	1%	$22,379
14	Bard College	35	5%	$72,768
15	Barnard College	31	5%	$74,777
16	University of California-Santa Cruz	30	1%	$36,217
17	University of California-Santa Barbara	29	0%	$36,659
18	Christie's Education	29	71%	N/A
19	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	28	0%	$30,298
20	The University of Texas at Austin	27	0%	$26,506
21	SUNY Buffalo State	26	1%	$25,846
22	University of Kansas	26	0%	$26,566
23	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	26	0%	$32,443
24	Syracuse University	25	0%	$70,636
25	University of Southern California	25	0%	$74,825
26	School of the Art Institute of Chicago	25	2%	$67,870
27	Boston University	24	0%	$72,618
28	Brigham Young University-Provo	24	0%	$18,776
29	University of Houston	23	0%	$23,225
30	Temple University	23	0%	$33,004
31	University of North Texas	23	0%	$24,712
32	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	22	0%	$36,652
33	University of California-Davis	22	0%	$35,177
34	University of California-Riverside	22	0%	$35,242
35	Indiana University-Bloomington	22	0%	$24,779
36	Ohio State University-Main Campus	21	0%	$27,367
37	Virginia Commonwealth University	21	0%	$32,041
38	University of Pennsylvania	21	0%	$74,408
39	Academy of Art University	21	1%	$44,226
40	Old Dominion University	20	0%	$26,456
41	Stanford University	20	0%	$71,587
42	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	20	0%	$23,811
43	American University	18	0%	$66,268
44	University of Colorado Boulder	18	0%	$31,044
45	University of Wisconsin-Madison	18	0%	$26,025
46	Oberlin College	18	2%	$74,636
47	Southern Methodist University	18	0%	$74,737
48	George Washington University	18	0%	$71,930
49	University of California-Irvine	18	0%	$34,261
50	Western Washington University	18	0%	$24,077
51	Tulane University of Louisiana	18	1%	$72,296
52	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	17	0%	$27,898
53	University of Georgia	17	0%	$26,688
54	Brown University	17	1%	$73,802
55	SUNY at Purchase College	17	2%	$26,982
56	George Mason University	16	0%	$30,284
57	University of South Florida-Main Campus	16	0%	$23,320
58	University of Chicago	16	0%	$78,555
59	University of Florida	16	0%	$21,211
60	Bryn Mawr College	16	3%	$70,860
61	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	16	0%	$30,913
62	DePaul University	16	0%	$57,678
63	State University of New York at New Paltz	16	1%	$25,641
64	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	15	0%	$23,977
65	University of Delaware	15	0%	$29,342
66	University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras	15	1%	$19,876
67	Harvard University	15	0%	$71,650
68	Portland State University	14	0%	$26,085
69	Blinn College	14	1%	$18,690
70	University of Denver	14	0%	$67,656
71	Wellesley College	14	2%	$72,250
72	University of Maryland-College Park	14	0%	$27,146
73	Williams College	14	2%	$73,200
74	Pratt Institute-Main	14	1%	$67,742
75	Boston College	13	0%	$73,092
76	Middlebury College	13	2%	$71,980
77	University of California-San Diego	13	0%	$32,838
78	Tufts University	13	0%	$73,500
79	University of South Carolina-Columbia	13	0%	$28,301
80	Kenyon College	13	3%	$71,780
81	Fordham University	13	0%	$74,265
82	Stony Brook University	12	0%	$26,091
83	Wesleyan University	12	1%	$72,669
84	University of Iowa	12	0%	$24,239
85	Emory University	12	0%	$69,502
86	Flagler College-St Augustine	12	2%	$34,990
87	Mount Holyoke College	12	2%	$66,558
88	College of Charleston	12	0%	$30,239
89	University of Oregon	12	0%	$27,366
90	Florida International University	12	0%	$23,506
91	South Dakota State University	11	0%	$23,127
92	Smith College	11	1%	$72,701
93	Binghamton University	10	0%	$26,866
94	Washington University in St Louis	10	0%	$74,361
95	University of Arizona	10	0%	$29,217
96	Mansfield University of Pennsylvania	10	2%	$29,062
97	University of Utah	10	0%	$24,472
98	Bowdoin College	10	2%	$70,710
99	California College of the Arts	10	2%	$67,074
100	Texas State University	9	0%	$23,130

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Art History, Criticism and Conservation program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.