2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Washington

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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 11,922 people earned their degree in fine arts, making the major the 66th most popular in the United States.

Across Washington, there were 94 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,852 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Washington” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fine arts. That schools that top this list have a program in fine arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Washington”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Washington

1

Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

#3 overall quality in Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Washington. Wazzu is a public institution located in Pullman, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad 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%.

Read more about Fine Arts at Washington State University

2

Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

#5 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. Central Washington University is a public institution located in Ellensburg, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.