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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Alabama” 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 Alabama, there were 384 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,563 and $27,574 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 17 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

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 Alabama

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Alabama

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama

#1 in overall quality

$30,940 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama. The University of Alabama is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 12 masters’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our alabama master’s degree fine arts students list, UA has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UA are $30,940, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at The University of Alabama

#2

University of South Alabama

Mobile, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$16,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama. University of South Alabama is a public institution located in Mobile, Alabama. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

USA also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Alabama are $16,112, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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