2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in West Virginia (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 West Virginia For Those Getting Aid” 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 West Virginia, there were 161 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,600 and $23,402 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in West Virginia (With Aid)

#1

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and it awarded 3 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

WVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full WVU Fine & Studio Arts Report

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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.

Credits

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

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