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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,849 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,385 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 6 degrees and certificates were awarded to fine and studio arts students who went to a Montana college or university. This makes it the #56 most popular major in the state.

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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master's Degree Schools in Montana ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Montana to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for Fine Arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in Montana

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

Our 2023 rankings named Montana State University the best value school in Montana for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at MSU Bozeman are $6,805 a year.

MSU Bozeman not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Montana is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UM are $6,892 per year.

UM also took the #5 spot in our Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Montana rankings.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at The University of Montana Report

Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 40
Utah 20
Idaho 6

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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