2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Montana

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 39,860 people earned their degree in fine and studio arts, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.

Across Montana, there were 120 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,150 and $27,232 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 107 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,286 and $23,603 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fine and studio arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine and studio arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Montana

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#2 in overall quality

$14,314 Average Net Price

$21,312 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Missoula, Montana, this medium-sized public school awarded 32 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

UM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Montana is $14,314 for Montana Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$16,625 Average Net Price

$26,997 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $30-$48k list. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school situated in Bozeman, Montana. It awarded 59 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Bozeman, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. It costs about $16,625 for Montana Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend MSU Bozeman.

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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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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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