2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 715 people earned their degree in art therapy/therapist, making the major the 512th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 58 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in art therapy/therapist. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality art therapy/therapist programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the art therapy/therapist program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The art therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$26,707 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this large public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s art therapy students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State University are $26,707.

Full Florida State University Art Therapy Report

#2

Georgia College & State University

Milledgeville, Georgia

$20,868 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia College & State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Georgia College & State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Milledgeville, Georgia. It awarded 3 masters’s art therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia College also made our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia College & State University are $20,868.

Full Georgia College Art Therapy Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy (With Aid)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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