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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$42,685 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Fine & Studio Arts is the #67 most popular major in the country with 3,224 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the New England Region 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Fine & Studio Arts

#1

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Tufts University the best value school in the New England Region for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 per year.

Tufts not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their graduate certificate. UMass Dartmouth is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth.

UMass Dartmouth graduate students pay an average of $30,153 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best fine and studio arts schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 169
Connecticut 70
Rhode Island 38
New Hampshire 24
Maine 35
Vermont 19

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 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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