Higher Education
The NOAH Professionalization Committee partners with faculty and administrators at colleges and universities across the United States to develop and promote curricular standards, program models, academic courses, and degree programs. This partnership is facilitated through an “Community of Arts in Health Educators” that meets regularly within the Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities (a2ru).
Many robust university-level courses and degree programs exist that focus on the broad arts in health field. Even more academic programs exist in the creative arts therapies, expressive arts therapies, medical humanities, arts administration, and architecture/design fields. To learn more about these educational opportunities, please see the relevant program listings available on the websites of the following organizations:
The academic field of arts in health – focused on educating artists and arts managers to engage the arts for health and well-being in healthcare facilities and community settings – currently features the following list of academic programs across the United States.
This list was last updated in September 2023. Please contact us if your university academic program in arts in health is not currently included in this list.
Graduate Degree Programs
- Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Master of Applied Arts in Health - University of the Arts
(Philadephia, PA)
Doctoral Degree in Creativity (with creativity + health as an encouraged path) - University of Florida
(Gainesville, FL)
Master of Arts in Arts in Medicine (online) - University of Texas
(Austin, TX)
Master of Arts in Design (focused on healthcare design) - Drexel University
(Philadelphia, PA)
Graduate Minor in Arts in Public Health
Other Graduate-Level Programs and Certificates
- George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
Graduate Certificate in Music and Well-Being - Lesley University (Cambridge, MA)
Graduate Certificate in Arts in Health - Montclair State University (Montclair, NJ)
Graduate Certificate in Arts and Health - Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Graduate Arts in Health Certificate - Saybrook University (Oakland, CA)
Certificate in Arts and Self-Expression for Health and Wellbeing - University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Graduate Certificate in Arts in Medicine - University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Graduate Certificate in Arts in Public Health - University of Houston (Houston, TX)
Graduate Certificate in Arts and Health - University of Massachusetts Global (Irvine, CA)
Graduate-level professional development credits in Arts for Healing - University of Maine (Orono, ME)
Intermedia Arts and Humanities in Medicine Graduate Certificate - University of South Dakota (Vermillion, SD)
Public Health Certificate
Undergraduate Degree Programs
- West Virginia University
(Morgantown, WV)
Bachelor of Science in Music and Health - Columbia College
(Chicago, IL)
Undergraduate Minor in Arts in Healthcare - The Ohio State University
(Columbus, OH)
Minor in Public Health and Arts - Goddard College
(Plainfield, VT)
Bachelor of Arts in Health Arts & Sciences
Other Undergraduate-Level Programs of Study
- Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA)
Community Health Musician Certificate - Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
Undergraduate Certificate in Community Arts Practices - University of Florida (Gainesville, FL)
Undergraduate Certificates in Visual Arts in Medicine, Dance in Medicine, Music in Medicine, and Applied Theatre for Health - University of South Dakota
(Vermillion, SD)
Arts in Health Certificate - University of New Mexico
(Albuquerque, NM)
Healing Arts Certificate