Fine & Studio Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #58 most popular master's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Arizona to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of fine & studio arts. Combined, these schools handed out 36 master's degrees in fine & studio arts to qualified students.
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for fine & studio arts students working on their master's degree.
The fine arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in Arizona.
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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.
Any student who is interested in a master's degree in fine & studio arts has to take a look at University of Arizona. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a fairly large student population.
After graduating, fine arts master's recipients generally earn about $23,990 in their early careers.
It's difficult to beat Arizona State University - Tempe if you want to pursue a master's degree in fine & studio arts. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.
Those fine & studio arts students who get their master's degree from Arizona State University - Tempe earn $3,031 more than the typical fine arts graduate.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).