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2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
291 Degrees Awarded
$8,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Fine Arts is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,032 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 291 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in fine arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine arts programs and cost less that 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 fine arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. College Park, Maryland is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s fine arts degrees to 90 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k list, UMCP has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fine Arts Schools in Maryland” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMCP is $8,054 for maryland fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Fine Arts Report

#2

Towson University

Towson, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Towson University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Towson, Maryland, this large public school awarded 79 degrees to qualified ’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.

Towson also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $9,206 for Maryland Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Towson University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

St Mary's College of Maryland

St. Mary's City, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Mary’s College of Maryland. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in St. Mary’s City, Maryland, and it awarded 8 ’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

SMCM also took the #3 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend St Mary’s College of Maryland is $9,445 for Maryland Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Fine Arts at St Mary’s College of Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k. UMBC is a fairly large public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 30 ’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UMBC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Fine Arts Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $10,820 for maryland fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#5

Salisbury University

Salisbury, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Salisbury University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Salisbury, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 45 degrees to qualified ’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.

Salisbury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Fine Arts Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $11,432 for Maryland Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Salisbury University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Fine Arts at Salisbury University

#6

Cecil College

North East, Maryland

Cecil College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Cecil College is a small public school situated in North East, Maryland. It awarded 13 ’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our maryland fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k list, Cecil College has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Fine Arts Schools in Maryland” ranking. It costs about $6,229 for maryland fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Cecil College.

Full Cecil College Fine Arts Report

#7

Frostburg State University

Frostburg, Maryland

Frostburg State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Frostburg, Maryland, and it awarded 17 ’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Frostburg State also made our “Best Fine Arts Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Frostburg State is $10,135 for Maryland Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Frostburg State Fine Arts Report

#8

Harford Community College

Bel Air, Maryland

Harford Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. Harford Community College is a medium-sized school located in Bel Air, Maryland that handed out 1 ’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Harford Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Fine Arts Schools in Maryland” list. It costs about $6,008 for Maryland Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Harford Community College.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Harford Community College

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

  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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