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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$17,329 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,741 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 1,147 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Louisiana college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Louisiana 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a master's degree.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Southeastern Louisiana University the best value school in Louisiana for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Southeastern is a large public school located in the city of Hammond.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southeastern are $8,768 per year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Southeastern Louisiana University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the midsize city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public college with a very large student population.

Louisiana State University graduate students pay an average of $13,031 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Louisiana State University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

The excellent master’s degree programs at Louisiana Tech University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Louisiana. Located in the town of Ruston, Louisiana Tech is a public school with a large student population.

Louisiana Tech graduate students pay an average of $7,959 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, Louisiana Tech is ranked #4 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in Louisiana.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Louisiana Tech University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Louisiana at Lafayette helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Louisiana. UL Lafayette is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UL Lafayette are $10,130 per year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Louisiana at Lafayette Report

#5

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Out of the 8 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of New Orleans, UNO is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNO are $9,108 per year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of New Orleans Report

Northwestern State University of Louisiana ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. NSU is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Natchitoches.

NSU graduate students pay an average of $9,614 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Northwestern State University of Louisiana

#7

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

Loyola University New Orleans landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Loyola New Orleans is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Loyola New Orleans are $18,889 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Loyola New Orleans is ranked #5 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in Louisiana.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Loyola University New Orleans

Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Tulane is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tulane are $61,130 per year.

Tulane not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Tulane University of Louisiana Report

Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,215
West Virginia 405
Florida 7,291
Virginia 3,471
Arkansas 830
Mississippi 696
South Carolina 1,360
Tennessee 2,629
Alabama 1,142
Kentucky 1,067
Georgia 4,322

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 8 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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