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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Arkansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$10,985 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,638 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts School for You

With 221 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fine and studio arts is the #39 most popular major in Arkansas.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Schools in Arkansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Arkansas to see which 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for Fine Arts majors pursuing a .

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Fine & Studio Arts

$7,130 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Arkansas State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a degree in Arkansas. Located in the city of Jonesboro, A-State is a public college with a large student population.

A-State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,130 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Fine Arts majors at A-State take out an average of $25,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Arkansas State University - Main Campus Report

#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR
$9,574 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Arkansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in Arkansas. Located in the city of Fayetteville, UARK is a public college with a very large student population.

UARK undergraduate students pay an average of $9,574 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, Fine Arts graduates from UARK take out $25,444 in student loans while working on their degree.

UARK also made our Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Arkansas list, coming in at #1.

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$9,563 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Arkansas list. UCA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Conway.

UCA undergraduate students pay an average of $9,563 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that Fine Arts majors at UCA take out is $24,071.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UCA also is in the top 20% of our Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Arkansas ranking.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Central Arkansas Report

$9,512 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Arkansas list. UA Little Rock is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Little Rock.

UA Little Rock undergraduate students pay an average of $9,512 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, Fine Arts graduates from UA Little Rock take out $26,616 in student loans while working on their degree.

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#5

Harding University

Searcy, AR
$22,230 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the distant town of Searcy, Harding is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Harding are $22,230 per year.

Harding also took the #2 spot in our Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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#6

Arkansas Tech University

Russellville, AR
$7,900 Average Tuition & Fees

Arkansas Tech University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value fine and studio arts programs. Located in the remote town of Russellville, ATU is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

ATU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,900 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 945
Virginia 769
North Carolina 707
Florida 1,339
Tennessee 440
Kentucky 375
South Carolina 347
Louisiana 370
Alabama 381
Mississippi 130
West Virginia 119

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 6 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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