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Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in California

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,280 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Fine & Studio Arts is the #20 most popular major in California with 6,381 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in California 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best California 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 California 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.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CSULB are $8,280 per 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 small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Laguna Beach.

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

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Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
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.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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