2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Colorado (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Colorado For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine arts programs and 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The fine arts 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 Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Colorado (With Aid)

#1

Colorado State University - Fort Collins

Fort Collins, Colorado

$28,055 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado State is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 6 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also took 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 are $28,055.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Colorado State University - Fort Collins

#2

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$21,708 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. University of Northern Colorado is a public institution located in Greeley, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Northern Colorado, the school also landed the #2 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 University of Northern Colorado are $21,708.

Read more about Fine Arts at University of Northern Colorado

#3

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Getting Aid. Boulder, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s fine arts degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980.

Read more about Fine Arts at CU - Boulder

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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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