2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree School for You
With 149,215 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #10 most popular major in the United States.
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.
The Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.
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.
Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.
BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.
BYU also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #3.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Missoula, UM is a public school with a fairly 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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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.
Colorado State also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Montana State University is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public college with a large student population.
MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Northern Colorado helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . University of Northern Colorado is a large public school located in the city of Greeley.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Northern Colorado are $22,379 per year.
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University of Idaho 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 #6 on the list. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at U of I are $29,148 per year.
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Utah State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Logan.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at USU are $23,225 a year.
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University of Utah came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at U of U are $25,705 a year.
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University of Colorado Boulder ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a very large student population.
CU - Boulder graduate students pay an average of $33,953 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, CU - Boulder also did well on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #10, Southern Utah University 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 remote town of Cedar City, Southern Utah University is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southern Utah University are $24,504 per year.
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Request InformationBest Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Colorado | 1,943 |
| Utah | 1,871 |
| Montana | 318 |
| Idaho | 591 |
| Wyoming | 179 |
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Majors Related to Visual & Performing Arts
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 13 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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