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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$6,588 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,628 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

Fine & Studio Arts is the #32 most popular major in the country with 37,413 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which undergraduate certificate 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region

Check out the Fine Arts undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Fine & Studio Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Scottsdale Community College the best value school in the Southwest Region for fine and studio arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Scottsdale Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Scottsdale.

Scottsdale Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $7,854 in tuition and fees each year. Fine Arts majors at Scottsdale Community College take out an average of $16,321 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

Scottsdale Community College also took the #2 spot in our Best Fine & Studio Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region rankings.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Scottsdale Community College Report

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. Institute of American Indian Arts is a small public school located in the rural area of Santa Fe.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Institute of American Indian Arts are $5,321 per year.

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

Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best fine and studio arts colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,939
Arizona 479
Oklahoma 234
New Mexico 155

One of 10 majors within the area of study, fine and studio arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 2 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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