2022 Best Value Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Fine Arts & Art Studies is the 431st most popular major in the country with 992 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 109 other fine arts and art studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 other fine arts and art studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other fine arts and art studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other fine arts and art studies 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 other fine arts and art studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Fine Arts & Art Studies in California (With Aid)

#1

University of California - Davis

Davis, California

#3 in overall quality

$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Davis. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. UC Davis is a public institution located in Davis, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also made our “Best Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Davis are $28,700, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Mills College

Oakland, California

#4 in overall quality

$36,263 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Mills College landed the #2 spot on the list. Mills College is located in Oakland, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s other fine arts and art studies degrees to qualified students.

Mills not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mills are $36,263, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Mills College Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Report

#3

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$27,688 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out masters’s other fine arts and art studies degrees to 37 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. 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 more about Other Fine Arts & Art Studies at Academy of Art University

#4

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$48,715 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern California. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Getting Aid list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s other fine arts and art studies degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

USC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at USC are $48,715, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full USC Other Fine Arts & Art Studies Report

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Other Fine Arts & Art Studies (With Aid)

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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