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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$5,553 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$16,769 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts School for You

With 155 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fine and studio arts is the #27 most popular major in New Mexico.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in New Mexico 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 New Mexico

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

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Fine & Studio Arts

$1,684 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Central New Mexico Community College to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a degree in New Mexico. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $1,684 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

CNM did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in New Mexico list.

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$5,321 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in New Mexico list. Located in the rural area of Santa Fe, Institute of American Indian Arts is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Institute of American Indian Arts are $5,321 a year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Report

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NMSU Main Campus are $7,301 a year.

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$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in New Mexico list. UNM is a very large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNM are $7,906 a year. Fine Arts majors at UNM take out an average of $23,136 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,939
Arizona 479
Oklahoma 234

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 4 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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