2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Maine, there were 162 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $18,300 and $23,849 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $80,229 and $177,250 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine and studio arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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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The fine arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Doctorate in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school awarded 1 degrees to qualified doctorate’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at UMaine

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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