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

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 Colorado” 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 Colorado, there were 563 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,180 and $25,137 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 49 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

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

#1

University of Colorado Boulder

Boulder, Colorado

#1 in overall quality

$32,980 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$30,771 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado list. University of Colorado Boulder is a public institution located in Boulder, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CU - Boulder are $32,980, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at University of Colorado Boulder

#2

University of Northern Colorado

Greeley, Colorado

#3 in overall quality

$21,708 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school situated in Greeley, Colorado. It awarded 13 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at University of Northern Colorado

#3

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado

#2 in overall quality

$52,899 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Denver. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 13 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

DU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at University of Denver

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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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