2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, fine and studio arts was ranked #32 in the country. In fact 37,413 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 31 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which master's degree 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.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Columbia College Chicago to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
Columbia graduate students pay an average of $2,350 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Youngstown State University is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. Youngstown State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Youngstown.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Youngstown State University are $6,931 a year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public college with a large student population.
SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Ferris State University is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Big Rapids, Ferris is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ferris are $8,232 per year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Illinois State University is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Illinois State graduate students pay an average of $11,773 in tuition and fees each year.
Illinois State also claimed a spot on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for fine and studio arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Wayne.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of St. Francis Fort Wayne are $12,418 per year.
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Eastern Illinois University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree fine and studio arts programs. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Charleston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at EIU are $21,407 per year.
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Northern Illinois University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for fine and studio arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public college with a large student population.
NIU graduate students pay an average of $11,390 in tuition and fees each year.
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Bradley University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Bradley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Bradley are $17,400 per year.
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Indiana State University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Indiana State graduate students pay an average of $15,562 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 colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 729 |
| Ohio | 880 |
| Illinois | 1,584 |
| Indiana | 645 |
| Wisconsin | 585 |
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Fine & Studio Arts Related Majors for Fine Arts
Fine & Studio Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
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 25 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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