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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$35,487 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,449 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

With 279 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fine and studio arts is the #17 most popular major in Rhode Island.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for Fine Arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for Fine Arts majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Fine & Studio Arts

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, RI

Our analysis found Rhode Island College to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Rhode Island. RIC is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Providence.

RIC undergraduate students pay an average of $10,702 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, Fine Arts majors at RIC accumulate an average of around $23,665 in student debt.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. URI is a large public school located in the large suburb of Kingston.

URI undergraduate students pay an average of $15,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, Fine Arts majors at URI accumulate an average of around $19,445 in student debt.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New England Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the large suburb of East Greenwich, New England Tech is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

New England Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $32,807 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, New England Tech is ranked #3 for overall quality for Fine Arts in Rhode Island.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at New England Institute of Technology Report

#4

Brown University

Providence, RI

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Brown University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fine and studio arts schools in Rhode Island. Located in the midsize city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Brown are $62,304 a year.

Brown not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island list.

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Out of the 5 schools in Rhode Island that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island School of Design landed the # 4 spot on the list. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

RISD undergraduate students pay an average of $56,290 in in-state tuition and fees each year. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $802, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Rhode Island School of Design

Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 931
Connecticut 412
New Hampshire 131
Maine 143
Vermont 118

Fine & Studio Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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