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.
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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Colleges.
Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Visual & Performing Arts
Our 2023 rankings named University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus the best value school in Colorado for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU Anschutz are $8,052 per year.
CU Anschutz also took the #5 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado rankings.
A rank of #2 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 medium-sized city of Fort Collins.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Colorado State are $13,313 per year.
Colorado State also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #2.
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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 large public school located in the city of Greeley.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Northern Colorado are $13,366 per 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 school with a very large student population.
In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CU - Boulder are $13,901 per year.
CU - Boulder also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado list, coming in at #3.
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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 college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Western are $15,490 a year.
University of Denver landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
DU graduate students pay an average of $53,943 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, DU is ranked #4 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in Colorado.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Denver
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region
Explore all the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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