2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” 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 Washington, there were 402 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,475 and $24,141 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree fine arts students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Washington (With Aid)

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid list. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 10 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW Seattle, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

#2

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

$24,976 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 1 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington master’s degree fine arts students with aid list, CWU has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CWU are $24,976, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full CWU Fine & Studio Arts Report

#3

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$12,776 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Washington State University is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 7 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington master’s degree fine arts students with aid list, Wazzu has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington State University are $27,561, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Wazzu

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (With Aid)

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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