2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Fine & Studio Arts is the 29th most popular major in the country with 39,860 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 New Hampshire, there were 159 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,233 and $30,500 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,323 and $42,175 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine and studio arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine and studio arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k

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

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

#1

Southern New Hampshire University

Manchester, New Hampshire

#1 in overall quality

$18,810 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Manchester, New Hampshire, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 33 diplomas to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

SNHU also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern New Hampshire University are $18,810, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire

$15,764 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$44,384 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Hampshire For Those Making $30-$48k list. New England College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henniker, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NEC, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at New England College are $15,764, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $30-$48k)

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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