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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$19,009 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,385 Avg Salary

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

With 60 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fine and studio arts is the #83 most popular major in North Carolina.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best value school in North Carolina for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. ECU is a very large public school located in the small city of Greenville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ECU are $7,594 a year.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at East Carolina University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the distant town of Cullowhee, WCU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

WCU graduate students pay an average of $7,480 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Western Carolina University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNC Greensboro are $8,265 a year.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a great value for fine and studio arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNC Chapel Hill graduate students pay an average of $12,566 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UNC Chapel Hill did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Report

#5

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent master’s degree programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value fine and studio arts schools in North Carolina. Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duke are $59,141 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Duke is ranked #1 for overall quality for Fine Arts in North Carolina.

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Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 50
Florida 78
Georgia 98
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.

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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