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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Maine” 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 Maine, there were 74 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Maine

#1

Maine College of Art

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$37,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Maine College of Art landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Portland, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 16 diplomas to qualified masters’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.

Maine College of Art also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Maine College of Art are $37,250.

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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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