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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in Michigan

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$25,737 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,385 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree School for You

With 72 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fine and studio arts is the #79 most popular major in Michigan.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 Master's Degree Schools in Michigan to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Michigan to see which master's degree 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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan

Check out the Fine Arts master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Michigan Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Fine & Studio Arts

#1

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, MI

Our 2023 rankings named Ferris State University the best value school in Michigan for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. Ferris is a large public school located in the distant town of Big Rapids.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ferris are $8,232 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Eastern Michigan is a large public school located in the suburb of Ypsilanti.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Eastern Michigan are $16,672 per year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Eastern Michigan University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan list. Located in the city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a very large student population.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $25,230 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

U-M also took the #1 spot in our Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan rankings.

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#4

Wayne State University

Detroit, MI

The excellent master’s degree programs at Wayne State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fine and studio arts schools in Michigan. Wayne State is a very large public school located in the city of Detroit.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wayne State are $18,937 per year.

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#5

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Cranbrook Academy of Art is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Bloomfield Hills, Carnbrook Academy is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Carnbrook Academy are $42,110 a year.

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Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 274
Ohio 78
Indiana 44
Wisconsin 54

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 5 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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