2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Rhode Island, there were 300 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,180 and $29,549 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island master’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Rhode Island

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island

$16,884 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Fine Arts degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

RIC also took the #0 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at RIC are $16,884, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island

#2 in overall quality

$60,363 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brown University landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 2 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brown are $60,363.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Brown

#3

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$54,890 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island School of Design. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k list. Rhode Island School of Design is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 36 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

RISD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Rhode Island School of Design are $54,890, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Rhode Island School of Design

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $75-$110k)

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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