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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Maryland

6 Ranked Colleges
48 Degrees Awarded
$29,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master's in Maryland

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Maryland, there were 706 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,950 and $30,449 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 48 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,477 and $45,000 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking analyzed 6 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.

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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maryland” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maryland

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Maryland

#1

Towson University

Towson, Maryland
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Towson University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maryland. Towson is a large public school situated in Towson, Maryland. It awarded 5 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Towson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Towson are $18,972, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maryland list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

UMCP also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at UMCP

#3

Goucher College

Baltimore, Maryland
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Goucher College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maryland. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

Goucher also took the #5 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Goucher College are $9,047, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Goucher

#4

Hood College

Frederick, Maryland
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hood College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maryland list. This small school is located in Frederick, Maryland, and it awarded 1 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Hood also took the #6 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Hood College are $9,070, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Hood College

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maryland Institute College of Art. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maryland. Maryland Institute College of Art is a private not-for-profit institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 35 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MICA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Maryland Institute College of Art are $49,190, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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

#6

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, Maryland
#3 in overall quality

Johns Hopkins University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Maryland list. Johns Hopkins University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 1 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Johns Hopkins did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Johns Hopkins University are $59,425, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Johns Hopkins University

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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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