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2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Colorado

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$22,571 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,408 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 40 degrees and certificates were awarded to fine and studio arts students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #85 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 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 Schools in Colorado ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Colorado 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. 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 Colorado

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

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Fine & Studio Arts

$12,188 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Fort Collins the best value school in Colorado for fine and studio arts students. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Colorado State undergraduate students pay an average of $12,188 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Colorado State is ranked #2 for overall quality for Fine Arts in Colorado.

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$10,666 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Northern Colorado helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in Colorado. Located in the medium-sized city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a large student population.

University of Northern Colorado undergraduate students pay an average of $10,666 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Colorado list. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU - Boulder are $12,610 per year.

CU - Boulder also made our Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #3.

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#4

University of Denver

Denver, CO
$54,819 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Denver. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in Colorado list. DU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Denver.

DU undergraduate students pay an average of $54,819 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Utah 20
Idaho 6
Montana 6

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 4 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.

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