2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design (Income $30-$48k)

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 Costume Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Costume Design is the 1061st most popular major in the country with 80 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 costume design graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in costume design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent costume design programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the costume design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree costume design students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design (Income $30-$48k)

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

$47,326 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #1 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 2 masters’s costume design degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #0 spot in our “Best Costume Design Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Carnegie Mellon Costume Design Report

#2

California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, California

#1 in overall quality

$53,466 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of the Arts landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Valencia, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s costume design students in 2019-2020.

CalArts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Costume Design Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CalArts are $53,466.

Read full report on Costume Design at California Institute of the Arts

#3

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$27,688 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s costume design degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Costume Design Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Academy of Art University Costume Design Report

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.

Credits

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