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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

13 Colleges
$28,560 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,741 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BYU are $7,700 per year.

BYU also took the #3 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region rankings.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Brigham Young University - Provo Report

Out of the 13 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public college 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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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 very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $29,043 per year.

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.

MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Northern Colorado is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. University of Northern Colorado is a large public school located in the midsize 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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#6

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the distant town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a fairly 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 landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

USU graduate students pay an average of $23,225 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

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 midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school 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 landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $33,953 per year.

CU - Boulder also claimed a spot 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 in this category.

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#10

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT

Southern Utah University came in at #10 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 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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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,943
Utah 1,871
Montana 318
Idaho 591
Wyoming 179

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 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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