Art History Criticism and Conservation

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.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 361 institutions across the United States, with a total of 10663 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

106

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

2,440

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

755

degrees awarded

Doctoral Degrees

205

degrees awarded

Other Awards

7,119

awards given

Top Schools for Art History Criticism and Conservation

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank	Institution	Degrees
1	New York University New York, NY	279
2	Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	267
3	Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY New York, NY	267
4	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	243
5	University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA	192
6	CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY	177
7	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	156
8	Yale University New Haven, CT	153
9	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	135
10	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	129
11	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	128
12	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	123
13	Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO	117
14	The New School New York, NY	108
15	Boston University Boston, MA	108
16	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	105
17	Harvard University Cambridge, MA	105
18	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	99
19	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	99
20	Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY	96
21	University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	90
22	Princeton University Princeton, NJ	87
23	American University Washington, DC	84
24	University of Chicago Chicago, IL	81
25	Barnard College New York, NY	78
26	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA	75
27	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	72
28	Tufts University Medford, MA	72
29	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	72
30	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	72
31	School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL	72
32	Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	69
33	University of California-Davis Davis, CA	69
34	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA	69
35	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH	69
36	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	69
37	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO	69
38	Emory University Atlanta, GA	69
39	Florida International University Miami, FL	66
40	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	66
41	School of Visual Arts New York, NY	63
42	Blinn College District Brenham, TX	63
43	Temple University Philadelphia, PA	63
44	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA	63
45	Brown University Providence, RI	63
46	George Washington University Washington, DC	60
47	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	60
48	College of Charleston Charleston, SC	60
49	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	60
50	SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	60
51	Savannah College of Art and Design Savannah, GA	60
52	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	60
53	University of California-Riverside Riverside, CA	60
54	University of Kansas Lawrence, KS	57
55	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	57
56	Georgetown University Washington, DC	54
57	Fordham University Bronx, NY	54
58	CUNY Queensborough Community College Bayside, NY	54
59	Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA	54
60	Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA	54
61	Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	54
62	University of Georgia Athens, GA	54
63	SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	51
64	Western Washington University Bellingham, WA	51
65	Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX	51
66	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC	51
67	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	51
68	Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	51
69	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	51
70	University of Oregon Eugene, OR	51
71	CUNY Graduate School and University Center New York, NY	51
72	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	48
73	Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	48
74	Smith College Northampton, MA	48
75	Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	45
76	University of Delaware Newark, DE	45
77	Pratt Institute-Main Brooklyn, NY	45
78	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC	45
79	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI	45
80	University of South Florida Tampa, FL	45
81	Portland State University Portland, OR	44
82	University of Houston Houston, TX	42
83	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	42
84	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	42
85	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	42
86	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	42
87	George Mason University Fairfax, VA	42
88	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ	42
89	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	42
90	Azusa Pacific University Azusa, CA	39
91	Wofford College Spartanburg, SC	39
92	Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA	39
93	University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO	39
94	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	36
95	Duke University Durham, NC	36
96	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	36
97	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	36
98	Kenyon College Gambier, OH	36
99	South Dakota State University Brookings, SD	36
100	St Olaf College Northfield, MN	36