2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 37,413 people earned a degree or certificate in fine and studio arts, making the major the #32 most popular in the United States.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate 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.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Fine & Studio Arts
Our analysis found Scottsdale Community College to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Located in the rural area of Scottsdale, Scottsdale Community College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Scottsdale Community College are $7,854 per year. On average, Fine Arts graduates from Scottsdale Community College take out $16,321 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
Scottsdale Community College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the rural area of Santa Fe, Institute of American Indian Arts is a public school with a fairly small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Institute of American Indian Arts are $5,321 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri Southern State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the small city of Joplin.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Missouri Southern are $15,896 a year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Cincinnati - Main Campus is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UC undergraduate students pay an average of $27,111 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Catholic University of America is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CUA are $52,156 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CUA also is in the top 20% of our Best Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking.
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Tufts University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tufts are $63,000 per year.
Tufts also claimed a spot on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. PAFA is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
PAFA undergraduate students pay an average of $40,376 in tuition and fees each year. Fine Arts majors at PAFA take out an average of $29,374 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.
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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 7 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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