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2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
59 Degrees Awarded
$32,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master's in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Michigan For Those Getting Aid” 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 Michigan, there were 761 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,833 and $31,595 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 59 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in fine and studio arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine and studio arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Michigan (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 6 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our michigan master’s degree fine arts students with aid list, U-M has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Big Rapids, Michigan, and it awarded 2 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferris did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ferris are $7,908.

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#3

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid. Michigan State University is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 6 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our michigan master’s degree fine arts students with aid list, Wayne State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Getting Aid list. Ypsilanti, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s Fine Arts degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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