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2022 Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

6 Ranked Colleges
148 Degrees Awarded
$21,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 715 people earned their degree in art therapy/therapist, making the major the 512th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 259 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 148 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in art therapy/therapist. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great art therapy/therapist programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the art therapy/therapist program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy (Income $48-$75k) in the Great Lakes Region

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Indianapolis, Indiana, this large public school handed out 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s art therapy students in 2019-2020.

IUPUI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at IUPUI are $26,013, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Art Therapy at IUPUI

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Edwardsville, Illinois, and it awarded 8 masters’s art therapy degrees in 2019-2020.

SIUE not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville are $9,300, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Art Therapy at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

#3

Ursuline College

Pepper Pike, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ursuline College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Pepper Pike, Ohio, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified masters’s art therapy students in 2019-2020.

Ursuline College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ursuline College are $22,192, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Art Therapy at Ursuline College

#4

Mount Mary University

Milwaukee, Wisconsin
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mount Mary University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Mount Mary University is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 masters’s art therapy degrees to qualified students.

Mount Mary not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mount Mary are $16,813, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Art Therapy at Mount Mary

#5

Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College

Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SMWC also made our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #4. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMWC are $12,450, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Art Therapy Report

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, School of the Art Institute of Chicago did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s art therapy students in 2019-2020.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago also made our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at School of the Art Institute of Chicago are $43,912, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full School of the Art Institute of Chicago Art Therapy Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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