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Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$17,784 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

Fine & Studio Arts is the #32 most popular major in the country with 37,413 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Fine & Studio Arts

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Long Beach the best value school in the Far Western US Region for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSULB are $17,784 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Laguna College of Art and Design is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. LCAD is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Laguna Beach.

LCAD graduate students pay an average of $38,850 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best fine and studio arts colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 6,381
Washington 402
Oregon 419
Nevada 141
Hawaii 116
Alaska 35

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 2 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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