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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Maine

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$25,338 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,132 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 35 degrees and certificates were awarded to fine and studio arts students who went to a Maine college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Schools in Maine ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maine to see which 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 Schools in Maine

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

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality in Fine & Studio Arts

#1

University of Maine

Orono, ME
$11,986 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Maine to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a degree in Maine. UMaine is a large public school located in the small suburb of Orono.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMaine are $11,986 per year.

UMaine also took the #4 spot in our Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Maine rankings.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of Maine Report

#2

Maine College of Art

Portland, ME
$38,690 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Maine College of Art is a great value for fine and studio arts students. Located in the city of Portland, Maine College of Art is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Maine College of Art undergraduate students pay an average of $38,690 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 169
Connecticut 70
Rhode Island 38
New Hampshire 24
Vermont 19

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 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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