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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$23,209 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, fine and studio arts was ranked #67 in the country. In fact 3,224 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which graduate certificate 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

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

Check out the Fine Arts graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our analysis found University of North Alabama to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . Located in the city of Florence, UNA is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

UNA graduate students pay an average of $13,860 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at GMU are $37,956 a year.

GMU also claimed a spot on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at George Mason University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Auburn University at Montgomery helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fine and studio arts schools in the Southeast Region . AUM is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Montgomery.

AUM graduate students pay an average of $17,812 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Auburn University at Montgomery Report

Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best fine and studio arts colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 50
Florida 78
Georgia 98
North Carolina 60
Tennessee 24
Kentucky 16
Louisiana 36
Alabama 20
South Carolina 14
Mississippi 3
Arkansas 17
West Virginia 3

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

Majors Similar to Fine Arts

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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