2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Maine (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Maine, there were 162 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $18,300 and $23,849 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,633 and $49,829 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for maine master’s degree fine arts students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Maine (With Aid)

#1

University of Maine

Orono, Maine

$28,352 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid. University of Maine is located in Orono, Maine and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

UMaine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Maine Fine & Studio Arts Report

#2

Maine College of Art

Portland, Maine

#1 in overall quality

$37,250 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$30,409 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maine For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Maine College of Art landed the #2 spot on the list. Maine College of Art is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Portland, Maine. It awarded 16 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Maine College of Art did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maine” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Maine College of Art are $37,250, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Maine College of Art

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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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