2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Costume Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Costume Design is the 1061st most popular major in the country with 80 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 39 costume design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 costume design graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in costume design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent costume design 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 costume design program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

California Institute of the Arts

Valencia, California

$53,466 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, California Institute of the Arts landed the #1 spot on the list. California Institute of the Arts is a small school located in Valencia, California that handed out 3 masters’s costume design degrees in 2019-2020.

CalArts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Costume Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CalArts are $53,466.

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#2

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$27,688 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 12 masters’s costume design degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Costume Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Costume Design at Academy of Art University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design (Income $75-$110k)

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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