2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Colorado
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 1,943 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Colorado 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. 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.
Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Visual & Performing Arts
Our analysis found University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Colorado. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CU Anschutz are $8,052 a year.
CU Anschutz not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fort Collins.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $13,313 per year.
Colorado State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. University of Northern Colorado is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Greeley.
University of Northern Colorado graduate students pay an average of $13,366 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 6 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Boulder landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $13,901 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CU - Boulder is ranked #3 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in Colorado.
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Out of the 6 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Colorado University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the town of Gunnison, Western is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Western are $15,490 a year.
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University of Denver came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado ranking. Located in the city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
DU graduate students pay an average of $53,943 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
DU also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #4.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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.
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