Best Art History Schools

momrath
Fri, 15 Jun 2012 23:46:09 +0000

Williams College has one of the best art history departments in the country. There are three worldclass museums on or near campus and Williams grads are well represented in curatorships and directorships at all the major museums.

Williams does not offer a business degree per se but the economics department is strong and alumni/ae are well regarded on Wall Street and large corporations. Double majoring is common.

Some other small LACs with good art history: Wesleyan, Vassar, Oberlin, Kenyon, Skidmore, Hamilton, Bard. If you are female: Smith, Bryr Mawr.

Among the Ivy League and top privates: Brown, Yale, JHU, CMU.

Actually quite a few large universities have good to excellent art history departments. I would note Michigan, Virginia and Berkeley, but there are others as well.