2022 Best Value Folk Art Schools for a Master’s

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 Folk Art Schools for a Master’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 129 people earned their degree in crafts, folk art and artisanry, making the major the 333rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, crafts, folk art and artisanry graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $20,767 and had an average of $26,906 in loans still to pay off.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 crafts, folk art and artisanry graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent crafts, folk art and artisanry programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the crafts, folk art and artisanry program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The folk art school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Folk Art Schools for a Master’s”.

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Best Value Folk Art Schools for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree folk art students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry

#1

Pacific Northwest College of Art

Portland, Oregon

#1 in overall quality

$35,772 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pacific Northwest College of Art. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Folk Art Schools for a Master’s. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s folk art degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Pacific Northwest College of Art not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pacific Northwest College of Art are $35,772, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry at Pacific Northwest College of Art

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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