2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Montana

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 Montana For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Montana, there were 120 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,150 and $27,232 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 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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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Montana

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#2 in overall quality

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $75-$110k. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Fine Arts degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

UM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Making $75-$110k list. MSU Bozeman is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at MSU Bozeman are $21,446, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains 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.

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

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