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

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Arizona, there were 6,156 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,364 and $23,826 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,233 and $38,981 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

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

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#2 in overall quality

$27,048 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k. ASU - Tempe is located in Tempe, Arizona and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 22 masters’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ASU - Tempe, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arizona State University - Tempe are $27,048, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Arizona State University - Tempe Fine & Studio Arts Report

#2

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$33,399 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arizona For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arizona landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Arizona also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Arizona” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399.

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

Credits

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

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