2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,032 people earned their degree in fine arts, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States.

Across District of Columbia, there were 32 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fine arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fine arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $48-$75k) in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k. George Washington University is a large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 3 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

GWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GWU are $31,824.

Read more about Fine Arts at GWU

#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #2 spot on the list. American University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Washington, District of Columbia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

The American University also made our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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