2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 39,860 people earned their degree in fine and studio arts, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.

Across South Carolina, there were 352 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,200 and $25,087 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 13 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine and studio arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine and studio arts programs, but they also 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 and studio arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $0-$30k) in South Carolina

#1

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Fine Arts degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Clemson also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Clemson

#2

University of South Carolina - Columbia

Columbia, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$30,160 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in South Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

UofSC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in South Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UofSC are $30,160, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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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