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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$11,059 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,657 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts School for You

Fine & Studio Arts is the #114 most popular major in Washington with 12 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Washington to see which programs offered the best value experiences for Fine Arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for Fine Arts majors pursuing a .

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality in Fine & Studio Arts

$8,685 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Central Washington University the best value school in Washington for fine and studio arts students. Located in the town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CWU are $8,685 per year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Central Washington University Report

$12,076 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW Seattle are $12,076 a year.

UW Seattle did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Washington list.

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$12,417 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Washington list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Wazzu are $12,417 per year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Washington State University Report

Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 386
Oregon 46
Nevada 6
Hawaii 5
Alaska 3

One of 9 majors within the area of study, fine and studio arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699
Arts & Media Management 1,184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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