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

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 Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Fine Arts is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,032 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Colorado, there were 472 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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 fine arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Colorado

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055.

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#2

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$21,708 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large school located in Greeley, Colorado that handed out 13 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the #3 spot on the list. CU - Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.

CU - Boulder also made our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• 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.

Credits

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

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