2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Maine, there were 162 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $18,300 and $23,849 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k” 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #0 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352.

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#2

Maine College of Art

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$37,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$30,409 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maine College of Art. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $30-$48k. Maine College of Art is located in Portland, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 masters’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

Maine College of Art did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Maine College of Art are $37,250.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $30-$48k)

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

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