2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 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 $48-$75k” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 $48-$75k

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Maine

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s 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. UMaine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at UMaine

#2

Maine College of Art

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$37,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$30,409 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Maine College of Art landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Portland, Maine, and it awarded 16 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Maine College of Art also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Maine College of Art are $37,250, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Maine College of Art Fine & Studio Arts Report

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

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