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

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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

14 Colleges
$18,006 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,741 Avg Salary

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

Out of the majors we analyze each year, visual and performing arts was ranked 9th in Ohio. In fact, 4,641 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. Our analysis looked at 14 schools in Ohio to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for visual and performing arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

#1

Youngstown State University

Youngstown, OH

Our analysis found Youngstown State University to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Ohio. Located in the city of Youngstown, Youngstown State University is a public school with a large student population.

Youngstown State University graduate students pay an average of $6,751 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ohio State are $12,425 per year.

Ohio State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. BGSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bowling Green.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at BGSU are $9,831 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Miami University - Oxford helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Ohio. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Miami University - Oxford are $13,878 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at OHIO Athens are $9,720 a year.

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#6

Cleveland State University

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Cleveland State University is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cleveland.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Cleveland State University are $10,625 a year.

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With a ranking of #7, Kent State University at Kent did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Kent State is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Kent.

Kent State graduate students pay an average of $11,766 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Akron Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Ohio list. Located in the medium-sized city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Akron Main Campus are $11,936 per year.

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University of Cincinnati - Main Campus 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 #9 on the list. UC is a very large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UC are $14,902 a year.

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With a ranking of #10, Wright State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Dayton.

Wright State University - Main Campus graduate students pay an average of $14,298 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,306
Michigan 3,433
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

Majors Similar to Visual & Performing Arts

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 14 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.

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