Jewelry Arts

A program that prepares individuals creatively and technically to express emotions, ideas, or inner visions by fashioning jewelry from gems, other stones, and precious metals. Includes instruction in design concepts, electroforming, enameling, gemology, lapidary technique and art, metal and non-metal casting and molding, metal coloring, metalsmithing and finishing, personal style development, photo etching, and stone cutting and polishing.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 23 institutions across the United States, with a total of 1885 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

398

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

31

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

57

degrees awarded

Master's Degrees

12

degrees awarded

Other Awards

1,387

awards given

Top Schools for Jewelry Arts

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

Rank Institution Degrees
1 Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad
Carlsbad, CA
720
2 Gemological Institute of America-New York
New York, NY
636
3 Studio Jewelers
New York, NY
116
4 Austin Community College District
Austin, TX
78
5 Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
69
6 Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY
54
7 Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
42
8 Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM
28
9 Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston, MA
27
10 Haywood Community College
Clyde, NC
27
11 California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA
21
12 Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA
15
13 Flathead Valley Community College
Kalispell, MT
12
14 Rhode Island College
Providence, RI
9
15 Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, OH
6
16 Pasadena City College
Pasadena, CA
4
17 Dine College
Tsaile, AZ
3
18 Maine College of Art & Design
Portland, ME
3
19 Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI
3
20 Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
3
21 College of the Albemarle
Elizabeth City, NC
3
22 Arcadia University
Glenside, PA
3
23 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
3