2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in the Southwest Region
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Fine Arts is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,032 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southwest region, there were 1,249 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 95 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 13 colleges that offered a degree in fine arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Master’s in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region.
Top 13 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in the Southwest Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Texas A&M University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Canyon, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.
West Texas A&M University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at West Texas A&M University are $8,013, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. UNT is located in Denton, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNT are $15,618, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Austin landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified masters’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.
UT Austin also took the #3 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Austin are $22,886, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #4 spot on the list. Edinburg, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s fine arts degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.
UT Rio Grande Valley did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley are $15,151.
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Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Commerce, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified masters’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree fine arts students list, Texas A&M Commerce has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - Commerce are $14,549, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #6, Houston Baptist University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. HBU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Houston, Texas. It awarded 9 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
HBU also made our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #11. Average graduate tuition and fees at HBU are $12,650, but some majors have different tuition rates.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a large public school situated in Norman, Oklahoma. It awarded 3 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Oklahoma also took the #6 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Oklahoma are $23,236, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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The University of Texas at Arlington did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. UT Arlington is a large public school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 4 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Arlington are $23,376, but some majors have different tuition rates.
Texas Christian University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. Fort Worth, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s fine arts degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.
TCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at TCU are $32,268, but some majors have different tuition rates.
With a ranking of #10, The University of Texas at Tyler did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. UT Tyler is a medium-sized school located in Tyler, Texas that handed out 12 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Tyler did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #12 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Texas at Tyler are $16,308, but some majors have different tuition rates.
New Mexico State University - Main Campus ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Located in Las Cruces, New Mexico, this fairly large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.
NMSU Main Campus also took the #13 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New Mexico State University - Main Campus are $18,275, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
University of Arizona landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region ranking. University of Arizona is a large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 11 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
University of Arizona not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arizona are $33,399, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Southern Methodist University ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region list. Southern Methodist University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Dallas, Texas. It awarded 6 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southwest region master’s degree fine arts students list, SMU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Methodist University are $47,478, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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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.
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