2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 700 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.
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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region.
Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fort Hays State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. FHSU is located in Hays, Kansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
FHSU also made our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #6. Average graduate tuition and fees at FHSU are $11,376, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. University of Kansas is a large school located in Lawrence, Kansas that handed out 6 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
KU also made our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at KU are $25,007.
Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. K -State is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 3 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
K -State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Kansas City. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Kansas City, Missouri, and it awarded 4 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree fine arts students list, UMKC has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Kansas City are $26,699.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region. Minneapolis College of Art and Design is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
MCAD also made our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MCAD are $41,794.
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With a ranking of #6, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region list. Saint Louis, Missouri 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 14 students in 2019-2020.
WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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