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2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota

9 Ranked Colleges
117 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Minnesota

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 Bachelor’s in Minnesota” 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 Minnesota, there were 160 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 117 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,526 and $26,035 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered 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.

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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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 31 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.

Minnesota State Mankato also made our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $16,221 for minnesota bachelor’s degree fine arts students per year to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Minnesota State University - Mankato

#2

Saint Cloud State University

Saint Cloud, Minnesota
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Saint Cloud State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota. St. Cloud State University is a public institution located in Saint Cloud, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

St. Cloud State University also made our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend St. Cloud State University is $14,267 for minnesota bachelor’s degree fine arts students.

Read more about Fine Arts at Saint Cloud State University

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Duluth landed the #3 spot on the list. UMN Duluth is a fairly large public school situated in Duluth, Minnesota. It awarded 11 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Duluth also made our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for University of Minnesota - Duluth is $17,067 for Minnesota Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Fine Arts at University of Minnesota - Duluth

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Morris landed the #4 spot on the list. UMN Morris is a small school located in Morris, Minnesota that handed out 11 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Morris also took the #7 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Minnesota - Morris is $11,412 for minnesota bachelor’s degree fine arts students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fine Arts at University of Minnesota - Morris

#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northwestern - St Paul. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota. University of Northwestern - St Paul is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 9 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Northwestern also made our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list, coming in at #8. The estimated yearly cost for University of Northwestern - St Paul is $21,871 for minnesota bachelor’s degree fine arts students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Northwestern - St Paul Fine Arts Report

#6

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Minneapolis College of Art and Design did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota list. MCAD is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 6 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

MCAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. The yearly cost to attend MCAD is $28,717 for Minnesota Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Minneapolis College of Art and Design Fine Arts Report

#9 in overall quality

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota ranking, coming in at #7. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is located in Winona, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SMU MN, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SMU MN is $19,514 for minnesota bachelor’s degree fine arts students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Fine Arts Report

#8

Hamline University

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#3 in overall quality

Hamline University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota ranking. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 7 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Hamline did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” list. It costs about $20,866 for minnesota bachelor’s degree fine arts students per year to attend Hamline University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Hamline Fine Arts Report

#9

Carleton College

Northfield, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, Carleton College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Minnesota list. Located in Northfield, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carleton, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Minnesota” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Carleton College is $31,133 for Minnesota Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Fine Arts at Carleton

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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