2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Pennsylvania

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Pennsylvania” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across Pennsylvania, there were 466 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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 Pennsylvania

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Pennsylvania

#1

Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

Edinboro, Pennsylvania

#3 in overall quality

$17,835 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania list. Edinboro University of Pennsylvania is a small school located in Edinboro, Pennsylvania that handed out 4 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Edinboro not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Edinboro are $17,835.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania

#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$41,760 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.

UPenn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Pennsylvania are $41,760.

Read full report on Fine Arts at UPenn

#3

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

#2 in overall quality

$41,356 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s fine arts degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

PAFA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts are $41,356, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Fine Arts at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts

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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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