Best Fine Arts Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Best Fine Arts Colleges is 47.58%, a total of 47,985 applicants applied to the schools and 16,724 accepted.

University of California-Los Angeles had the most number of applicants of 145,903 and Art Center College of Design had the least number of applicants of 1,339 among Best Fine Arts Colleges.

Columbia University in the City of New York had the lowest acceptance rate of 4.00% and Virginia Commonwealth University had the highest rate of 93.00%.

Best Fine Arts Colleges Acceptance Rate and Admission Comparison Table

Table. Best Fine Arts Colleges Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, CA145,90313,1316,8289.00%52.00%
2School of the Art Institute of ChicagoChicago, IL6,6335,04165576.00%12.99%
3Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT51,8032,5901,8135.00%70.00%
4Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, VA19,05217,7184,43093.00%25.00%
5California Institute of the ArtsValencia, CA2,02352617926.00%34.03%
6Rhode Island School of DesignProvidence, RI7,12699850914.01%51.00%
7Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA33,7073,7081,63211.00%44.01%
8Maryland Institute College of ArtBaltimore, MD3,1272,40826577.01%11.00%
9University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, MI87,63215,7747,41418.00%47.00%
10Alfred UniversityAlfred, NY7,7613,72544748.00%12.00%
11Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, NY6,6283,44741452.01%12.01%
12California College of the ArtsSan Francisco, CA3,6612,67318773.01%7.00%
13Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, NY57,6132,3051,4524.00%62.99%
14University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, CA130,77132,6937,19225.00%22.00%
15Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, AZ68,84061,95614,25090.00%23.00%
16Art Center College of DesignPasadena, CA1,3391,00432174.98%31.97%
17Cranbrook Academy of ArtBloomfield Hills, MI-----
18The New SchoolNew York, NY9,1485,7631,49863.00%25.99%
19Pratt Institute-MainBrooklyn, NY8,2814,38979053.00%18.00%
20University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, CA125,91015,1096,79912.00%45.00%
21University of California-DavisDavis, CA94,63739,7486,75742.00%17.00%
22University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI63,50527,3077,91943.00%29.00%
23CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, NY31,61417,0723,24454.00%19.00%
24Massachusetts College of Art and DesignBoston, MA3,0272,33142077.01%18.02%
25Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, NY24,26917,2313,10271.00%18.00%
26Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, NJ43,34728,1767,60865.00%27.00%
27School of Visual ArtsNew York, NY3,4583,14775591.01%23.99%
28University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, CO56,06946,5377,44683.00%16.00%
29University of IowaIowa City, IA25,68221,8305,02185.00%23.00%
30The University of Texas at AustinAustin, TX66,10919,1729,39429.00%49.00%
31Washington University in St LouisSaint Louis, MO32,2403,8691,81812.00%46.99%
32Boston UniversityBoston, MA80,4958,8543,18711.00%36.00%
33Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, IN54,27943,4239,55380.00%22.00%
34Ohio State University-Main CampusColumbus, OH70,02835,7148,21451.00%23.00%
35Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, OH25,64821,8014,57885.00%21.00%
36Otis College of Art and DesignLos Angeles, CA2,4592,06622784.02%10.99%
37Stanford UniversityStanford, CA53,7332,1491,7414.00%81.01%
38Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA36,39930,2113,62583.00%12.00%
39University of ArizonaTucson, AZ56,46648,5619,22786.00%19.00%
40University of GeorgiaAthens, GA43,41916,0656,10537.00%38.00%
41University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, WA62,42826,8446,97943.00%26.00%
42Claremont Graduate UniversityClaremont, CA-----
43Florida State UniversityTallahassee, FL74,03818,5105,73825.00%31.00%
44New York UniversityNew York, NY113,57810,2225,5209.00%54.00%
45San Francisco Art InstituteSan Francisco, CA-----
46University of California-IrvineIrvine, CA121,10131,4866,92726.00%22.00%
47University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA110,87131,0444,96728.00%16.00%
48University of ChicagoChicago, IL38,6311,9321,7005.00%87.99%
49University of FloridaGainesville, FL65,37515,6906,74724.00%43.00%
50University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, IL25,42020,0824,61979.00%23.00%
-Average47,98516,7244,26048%31%
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