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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

28 Colleges
$29,431 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$39,171 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 6,355 people earned a degree or certificate in general visual and performing arts, making the major the #119 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 28 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for visual 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 General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for visual arts majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top 10 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Missouri State University - Springfield to be the best value school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 a year.

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#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools list. Regent is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Virginia Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Regent are $17,190 a year.

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Out of the 28 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UM are $24,096 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a very large student population.

UCF graduate students pay an average of $28,657 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brooklyn College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a large student population.

Brooklyn College graduate students pay an average of $20,952 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

With a ranking of #6, University of Florida did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville.

UF graduate students pay an average of $30,130 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UF also is in the top 15% of our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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California State University - Los Angeles did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general visual and performing arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Cal State LA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Cal State LA graduate students pay an average of $17,723 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of California - San Diego landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UCSD graduate students pay an average of $28,666 in tuition and fees each year.

UCSD excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools list.

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Iowa State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general visual and performing arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 per year.

Iowa State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools list.

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#10

The College at Brockport

Brockport, NY

The College at Brockport landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree general visual and performing arts programs. Located in the town of Brockport, SUNY Brockport is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SUNY Brockport are $24,100 a year.

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General Visual & Performing Arts by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 10 majors within the area of study, general visual and performing arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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