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

6 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$26,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master's in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Virginia, there were 754 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,842 and $31,603 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine and studio arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine and studio arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Virginia

#1

University of Virginia - Main Campus

Charlottesville, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Charlottesville, Virginia, and it awarded 2 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Virginia also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Virginia are $32,394, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of Virginia

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Fairfax, Virginia, this large public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University are $37,410, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend James Madison University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k list. James Madison University is a large public school situated in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It awarded 2 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our virginia master’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, JMU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at JMU are $29,544, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Radford University

Radford, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Radford University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k list. Radford University is a fairly large public school situated in Radford, Virginia. It awarded 7 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Radford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Radford are $21,382.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Radford

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #5 spot on the list. VCU is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 26 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at VCU are $29,228.

Full VCU Fine & Studio Arts Report

#6

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia

Liberty University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Lynchburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s Fine Arts degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

Liberty University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Liberty University are $8,349.

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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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