2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
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.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for Fine Arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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 New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Fine & Studio Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Tufts University the best value school in the New England Region for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.
Tufts graduate students pay an average of $55,216 in tuition and fees each year.
Tufts not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.
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Out of the 2 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
UMass Dartmouth graduate students pay an average of $30,153 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best fine and studio arts schools for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 931 |
| Connecticut | 412 |
| New Hampshire | 131 |
| Maine | 143 |
| Rhode Island | 279 |
| Vermont | 118 |
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Majors Related to Fine Arts
One of 10 majors within the area of study, fine and studio arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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.