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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$8,280 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

Fine & Studio Arts is the #61 most popular major in California with 386 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for Fine Arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

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

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Fine & Studio Arts

Our 2023 rankings named California State University - Long Beach the best value school in California for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a very large student population.

CSULB graduate students pay an average of $8,280 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at California State University - Long Beach

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Laguna College of Art and Design. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in California list. LCAD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the rural area of Laguna Beach.

LCAD graduate students pay an average of $38,850 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Laguna College of Art and Design

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 12
Oregon 46
Nevada 6
Hawaii 5
Alaska 3

Fine & Studio Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

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 2 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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