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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$32,960 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,377 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts School for You

With 56 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, fine and studio arts is the #79 most popular major in Maryland.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Maryland

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

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality in Fine & Studio Arts

#1

Goucher College

Baltimore, MD
$48,200 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Goucher College to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a degree in Maryland. Goucher is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Goucher are $48,200 a year.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Goucher College

#2

Hood College

Frederick, MD
$43,140 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Hood College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in Maryland. Located in the small city of Frederick, Hood is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Hood are $43,140 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Hood is ranked #4 for overall quality for Fine Arts in Maryland.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Hood College

#3

Towson University

Towson, MD
$10,464 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Towson University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in Maryland. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Towson undergraduate students pay an average of $10,464 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Towson University Report

$10,955 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Maryland - College Park helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in Maryland. Located in the suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UMCP are $10,955 a year.

UMCP not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Maryland list.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Maryland - College Park Report

$52,040 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryland Institute College of Art landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Baltimore, MICA is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at MICA are $52,040 a year.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Maryland Institute College of Art Report

#6

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD
$58,720 Average Tuition & Fees

Johns Hopkins University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for fine and studio arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Johns Hopkins are $58,720 per year.

Johns Hopkins did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Maryland list.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at Johns Hopkins University Report

Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 721
Pennsylvania 132
New Jersey 24
District of Columbia 41
Delaware 5

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 6 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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