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Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$22,251 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,449 Avg Salary

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

Fine & Studio Arts is the #47 most popular major in Minnesota with 413 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Minnesota to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in Minnesota 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Winona State University the best value school in Minnesota for fine and studio arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Winona, Winona State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Winona State undergraduate students pay an average of $10,184 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a large student population.

Minnesota State Mankato undergraduate students pay an average of $9,146 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, Fine Arts graduates from Minnesota State Mankato take out $26,685 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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#3

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, MN

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Saint Cloud State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fine and studio arts schools in Minnesota. Located in the city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

St. Cloud State University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,170 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Fine Arts majors at St. Cloud State University take out an average of $28,762 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

MSU Moorhead undergraduate students pay an average of $9,468 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $15,254 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, Fine Arts graduates from UMN Twin Cities carry an average student debtload of $23,523. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $222.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMN Twin Cities also did well on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree fine and studio arts programs. Located in the small city of Duluth, UMN Duluth is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMN Duluth are $13,850 a year.

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Concordia College at Moorhead came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of Moorhead, Concordia College Moorhead is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Concordia College Moorhead undergraduate students pay an average of $28,016 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN

Hamline University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota list. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hamline are $46,221 per year.

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Minneapolis College of Art and Design landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree fine and studio arts programs. MCAD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

MCAD undergraduate students pay an average of $41,794 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, Fine Arts majors at MCAD accumulate an average of around $31,562 in student debt.

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#10

St Olaf College

Northfield, MN

With a ranking of #10, St Olaf College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fine and studio arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Northfield, St. Olaf is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at St. Olaf are $52,670 per year.

St. Olaf also took the #5 spot in our Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota rankings.

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Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 490
Kansas 238
Iowa 286
Nebraska 220
North Dakota 35
South Dakota 52

One of 10 majors within the area of study, fine and studio arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Fine Arts

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 11 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.

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