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Art & design at Harvard

Harvard graduates about 21 art & design majors a year, 1% of its graduating class. That puts it 11th of 828 schools we score for art & design, a standout program at 94 out of 100. Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

94/100Standout#11 of 828 for art & design →
Graduates a year211% of the class
Research in the field$5Ma year, NSF
Admit rate4%whole school
SAT middle 50%1490–1580whole school

Around Harvard

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Gregorian telescope circa 1735 in Putnam Gallery, 2009-11-24Photo: Sage Ross · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
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Littauer Center Fine Arts Library - Harvard University (54939978652)Photo: ajay_suresh · CC BY 4.0 · source
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Electric scooter rack outside Cabot Science Library Harvard Feb 2025Photo: 4300streetcar · CC BY 4.0 · source

Where art & design happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Museum of Comparative Zoology Laboratories, Semitic Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Art Studios, Harvard Art Museums, Harvard Office for the Arts / The Pheonix Club.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 130 · Dorm 62 · Student housing 22 · Arts 6 · Library 6 · Chapel 4.

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Nearby in the art & design ranking

  1. Northeastern University 96
  2. Columbia University 95
  3. University of Maryland, College Park 95
  4. University of Washington 95
  5. University of Notre Dame 94
  6. Georgia Institute of Technology 94
  7. University of Wisconsin–Madison 93
  8. Vanderbilt University 93

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Harvard with every school we score in art & design. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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