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

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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 Connecticut, there were 499 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,267 and $24,777 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Connecticut

#1

University of Hartford

West Hartford, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$14,847 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$35,420 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut. UHart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in West Hartford, Connecticut. It awarded 14 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UHart, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Hartford are $14,847, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Western Connecticut State University

Danbury, Connecticut

#3 in overall quality

$26,477 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Connecticut State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Western Connecticut State University is a medium-sized school located in Danbury, Connecticut that handed out 5 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at WestConn, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Western Connecticut State University are $26,477.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Western Connecticut State University

#3

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$25,525 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #3 spot on the list. New Haven, Connecticut is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s Fine Arts degrees to 55 students in 2019-2020.

Yale did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Yale University are $44,500, 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.

Credits

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

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