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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$18,847 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,741 Avg Salary

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

Visual & Performing Arts is the #13 most popular major in Indiana with 2,306 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for visual and performing 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 Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana

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

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

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University - Main Campus to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Indiana. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Purdue are $9,992 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Purdue is ranked #2 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in Indiana.

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#2

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

The excellent master’s degree programs at Ball State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Indiana. Ball State is a very large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

Ball State graduate students pay an average of $10,144 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Ball State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

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Out of the 10 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - South Bend landed the # 3 spot on the list. Indiana University - South Bend is a small public school located in the midsize city of South Bend.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Indiana University - South Bend are $8,270 per year.

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#4

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

The excellent master’s degree programs at Indiana State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Indiana. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Indiana State are $8,056 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. IUPUI is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at IUPUI are $10,389 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at IU Bloomington are $11,329 a year.

IU Bloomington also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #4.

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University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

University of St. Francis Fort Wayne graduate students pay an average of $12,418 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Valparaiso University

Valparaiso, IN

Valparaiso University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large suburb of Valparaiso, Valpo is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Valpo are $12,220 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Valpo is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Valparaiso University Report

#9

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

University of Notre Dame ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Notre Dame.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Notre Dame are $58,662 a year.

Notre Dame did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

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#10

University of Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

University of Indianapolis came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. UIndy is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Indianapolis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIndy are $40,560 per year.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 3,433
Ohio 4,641
Illinois 5,502
Wisconsin 2,248

Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

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
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355
Arts & Media Management 4,788
Dance 3,288
Other Visual Art 912
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry 119
Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art 10

Related Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 556,813
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 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 Bonnielou2013.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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