2024 Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in Maryland
If you plan on getting your master's degree in
fine & studio arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #58 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 5 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for fine & studio arts students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 48 master's degrees in fine & studio arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
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Choosing a Great Fine & Studio Arts School for Your Master's Degree
The fine arts master's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on fine & studio arts students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of fine & studio arts students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
- Student Debt - How much debt fine & studio arts students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized fine & studio arts related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for fine & studio arts students working on their master's degree.
More Ways to Rank Fine & Studio Arts Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Featured Fine & Studio Arts Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.