Find Grad Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in New Mexico

Find Schools Near

2023 Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,604 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$16,769 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 16 degrees and certificates were awarded to fine and studio arts students who went to a New Mexico college or university. This makes it the #53 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.

The Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Schools in New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico 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. 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 New Mexico

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

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Fine & Studio Arts

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found New Mexico State University - Main Campus to be the best value school for fine and studio arts students who want to pursue a degree in New Mexico. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

NMSU Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $7,301 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read More…

$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best fine and studio arts schools in New Mexico. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNM are $7,906 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNM is ranked #3 for overall quality for Fine Arts in New Mexico.

Full Fine & Studio Arts at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

Best Value Fine & Studio Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 169
Arizona 36
Oklahoma 9

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.

Featured Schools

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.