Fine Arts Schools NAICS 611610

Jul 10, 2025 - Decreasing Art History Education may Cut Demand

• Only 14% of high schools in the US now offer art history classes, according to the National Endowment for the Arts. Lack of exposure to the arts and arts history and lower regard for the arts as a requirement for a well-rounded education may result in declining arts participation. “Students are feeling pressure to take classes and to major in fields that directly lead to a career,” said Professor Laura Weigert, chair of the Art History Department at Rutgers University – New Brunswick, NJ.
• President Trump signed an executive order requiring all agencies to review grants and contracts for wasteful spending, fraud, and abuse. Contributions, gifts, and grants account for about 30% of revenue for nonprofit institutions including fine arts schools. The order also directed agency leaders to build a payment and contract recording system alongside employees of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Teams of DOGE personnel have been assigned to each agency to develop the system, which will be used to review and justify all expenditures made by employees.

• Adults who created art and/or attended arts events within the previous month were more likely than those who did not to participate in social groups like church groups, unions, fraternal or athletic groups, according to research conducted by the National Endowment for the Arts. About 46% of arts creators reported not belonging to a social group while about 57% of non-creators—reported not belonging to a social group.
• Fine art school industry employment increased moderately during the first five months of 2025, according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fine arts school sales are forecast to increase at a 1.33% compounded annual rate from 2025 to 2029, slower than the growth of the overall economy, according to Inforum and the Interindustry Economic Research Fund, Inc.