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

6 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$26,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master's in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Fine & Studio Arts is the 29th most popular major in the country with 39,860 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 Virginia, there were 754 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,842 and $31,603 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 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 Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine and studio arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine and studio 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 and studio arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Virginia - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Charlottesville, Virginia, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Virginia, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia - Main Campus are $32,394.

Full University of Virginia - Main Campus Fine & Studio Arts Report

#2

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, James Madison University landed the #2 spot on the list. JMU is a public institution located in Harrisonburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

JMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at JMU are $29,544, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at James Madison University

#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #3 spot on the list. Fairfax, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Fine Arts degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

GMU also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full George Mason University Fine & Studio Arts Report

#4

Radford University

Radford, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Radford University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k list. Radford is a fairly large public school situated in Radford, Virginia. It awarded 7 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our virginia master’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k list, Radford has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Radford University are $21,382, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Radford Fine & Studio Arts Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k. Virginia Commonwealth University is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 26 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University

#6

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

Liberty University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s Fine Arts degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Liberty University, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Liberty University

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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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