Studio Art · New Jersey

New Jersey colleges that awarded Studio Art credentials

14 colleges in New Jersey reported conferring Studio Art credentials to the federal IPEDS collection in 2024-25, and every one of them also awarded in the year before. 14 awarded a degree. That is a record of credentials already awarded, not confirmation that a program is currently admitting.

Colleges and what they awarded

Largest first by credentials conferred in 2024-25. That order measures the size of the graduating class and nothing else: it is not a ranking, and the largest entry is often a certificate provider rather than the strongest degree program. The credential is labelled on every row for exactly that reason.

Colleges in New Jersey that conferred Studio Art credentials in 2024-25, with the number awarded and whether any was a degree.
CollegeCredentials awardedHighest level
Hudson County Community College42Degree
Stockton University37Degree
Raritan Valley Community College30Degree
Drew University14Degree
Atlantic Cape Community College13Degree
Brookdale Community College11Degree
Ocean County College11Degree
Sussex County Community College10Degree
Camden County College7Degree
Kean University7Degree
Passaic County Community College5Degree
Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus4Degree
New Jersey City University2Degree
Saint Peter's University1Degree

How much of this field is in New Jersey

Credentials awarded
194
Share of U.S. total
1.6%
Colleges awarding it
14
Awarding a degree
14

New Jersey colleges conferred 194 Studio Art credentials in 2024-25, which is 1.6% of the 12,153 conferred across the 48 U.S. jurisdictions reporting any. Of the 14 colleges here, every one awarded a degree. These counts measure the size of graduating classes, not program quality, and not how many students are currently enrolled.

What level those credentials were

  • Associate: 69%, 133 credentials.
  • Bachelor's: 30%, 59 credentials.
  • Graduate: 1%, 2 credentials.

Most Studio Art credentials awarded in New Jersey were associate degrees. That is 51 percentage points less weighted toward bachelor's degrees than the field nationally, where they are 82% of credentials. A certificate is a different credential from a degree, not a lesser one, and the level a program awards is set by the program rather than by the student.

We measured how much this varies nationwide, and for most fields the credential level is set by the field rather than the state: is your major a certificate or a degree?

How concentrated it is. The single college with the largest reported graduating class in this field accounted for 22% of New Jersey’s Studio Art credentials. Activity is spread across several institutions rather than sitting with one.

What these New Jersey colleges cost

Median net price across the 14 of these 14 colleges that report it, by family income. Net price is what students receiving federal aid actually paid for the WHOLE college after grants and scholarships, so it is not the price of a Studio Art program specifically, and not a quote for any family.

0-30k
$7,082
30-48k
$7,555
48-75k
$9,524
75-110k
$12,941
110k+
$14,636

A family earning under $30,000 paid a median of $7,082 at these colleges, against $14,636 for a family earning over $110,000. Individual colleges vary widely around these medians. See every New Jersey college by income band.

What this evidence does and does not prove

This lists colleges that reported conferring credentials in this field to the federal IPEDS completions collection, in both 2023-24 and 2024-25. It does not confirm that any of them is currently admitting students to the program, and a college can appear here after deciding to close it. Confirm with the institution before it affects where you apply.

How this list was built

From the U.S. Department of Education IPEDS completions collection, matched to each college on its exact federal program classification. A college appears only if it conferred credentials in both 2023-24 and 2024-25, which is what separates a running program from one that has already closed.

This page exists because its list of colleges is materially different from that of every closely related field in New Jersey — the fields a reader could otherwise mistake it for, such as two engineering disciplines, or nursing and practical nursing. Where a related field resolves to the same colleges, the second page would be the first one with its title changed, and CampusPin does not publish it. Sharing colleges with an unrelated field is different, and not a reason to withhold the page: in most states the same colleges award business, psychology and biology alike, which says something about the colleges rather than about the fields. We measured exactly how often that happens, and published the result: does choosing a major narrow your college list?

What Studio Art graduates go on to do

Occupations the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk associates with Studio Art, ordered by projected annual openings. National figures: openings and pay do not vary by where you studied, and the crosswalk describes related fields rather than a required or guaranteed path.

Occupations associated with Studio Art, with median annual wage, projected annual openings, and the education most entrants hold.
OccupationMedian payOpenings / yrMost entrants hold
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$80,1909,000Master's degree
Fine Artists, Including Painters, Sculptors, and Illustrators$60,5602,200Bachelor's degree
Artists and Related Workers, All Other$72,7601,200No formal educational credential

Crosswalk: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), CIP 2020 to SOC 2018. Pay and projections: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2024 wages, Employment Projections). “Most entrants hold” is what BLS observes about people already in the occupation, not a legal requirement, an admission rule, or a guarantee of entry. Projected openings are a projection, not jobs promised.

Questions about Studio Art in New Jersey

How many colleges in New Jersey awarded Studio Art credentials?
14 colleges in New Jersey reported conferring Studio Art credentials to the federal IPEDS completions collection in 2024-25, 14 of them a degree rather than only a certificate. Together they awarded 194 credentials in the fields covered.
Does this mean these colleges currently offer Studio Art?
Not necessarily. Completions record credentials already awarded, so they confirm a program ran and graduated students. They do not confirm it is still admitting. Every college here also awarded in the prior year, which makes a closed program less likely, but confirm directly with the institution before it affects where you apply.
Is a college missing from this list?
Possibly. A new program with no graduates yet does not appear, and CampusPin matches the federal classification exactly rather than guessing, so a college filing under a neighbouring code is absent. Absence is never evidence a program does not exist.

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