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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$15,407 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,741 Avg Salary

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

Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular subjects to study in Connecticut. With 1,531 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 10th out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Connecticut ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Connecticut 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.

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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Connecticut Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Visual & Performing Arts

Our analysis found University of Connecticut to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Connecticut. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.

UCONN graduate students pay an average of $20,325 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UCONN not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Connecticut

#2

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Sacred Heart University is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Sacred Heart is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Fairfield.

Sacred Heart graduate students pay an average of $34,509 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Sacred Heart also took the #5 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut rankings.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Sacred Heart University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Connecticut State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. CCSU is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of New Britain.

CCSU graduate students pay an average of $12,848 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Central Connecticut State University Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western Connecticut State University is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Danbury, WestConn is a public college with a small student population.

WestConn graduate students pay an average of $13,253 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Hartford. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. UHart is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of West Hartford.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UHart are $15,202 per year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Hartford

#6

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of New Haven.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Yale are $45,700 per year.

Yale also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list, coming in at #1.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Yale University Report

Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 931
Maine 274
Rhode Island 709
Massachusetts 5,195
Vermont 550

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 6 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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