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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

11 Colleges
$29,166 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,385 Avg Salary

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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Rocky Mountains 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Provo.

BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.

BYU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 a year.

Colorado 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 the Rocky Mountains Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.

MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Montana State University

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

USU graduate students pay an average of $23,225 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Utah State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Northern Colorado is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Greeley.

University of Northern Colorado graduate students pay an average of $22,379 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of U are $25,705 per year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Utah Report

The University of Montana came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UM graduate students pay an average of $24,096 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of I are $29,148 a year.

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University of Colorado Boulder came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CU - Boulder also did well on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of Colorado Boulder

#10

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver 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 #10 on the list. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at DU are $53,943 per 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 Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 532
Utah 322
Idaho 212
Montana 86
Wyoming 55

Fine & Studio Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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