2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree School for You
Fine & Studio Arts is the #25 most popular major in Illinois with 1,584 degrees and certificates awarded 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 Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 11 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value master'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. 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 Illinois. Columbia is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
Columbia graduate students pay an average of $2,350 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Illinois University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Charleston.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at EIU are $10,640 per year.
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Out of the 11 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. 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 $9,773 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Illinois State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
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A rank of #4 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 suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a fairly large student population.
SIUE graduate students pay an average of $9,316 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 11 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
UIUC graduate students pay an average of $17,823 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UIUC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.
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With a ranking of #7, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on this year’s best value schools for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SIUC are $16,162 a year.
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Bradley University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree fine and studio arts programs. Bradley is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Bradley are $17,400 a year.
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University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIC are $17,277 per year.
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Northwestern University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Northwestern are $56,567 a year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Northwestern is ranked #1 for overall quality for Fine Arts in Illinois.
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Explore all the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 729 |
| Ohio | 880 |
| 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 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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