2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 149,215 visual and performing arts students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.
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The Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 26 schools in the Southwest 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.
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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named West Texas A&M University the best value school in the Southwest Region for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the fringe town of Canyon, West Texas A&M University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at West Texas A&M University are $8,574 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public school with a very large student population.
SHSU graduate students pay an average of $16,009 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 26 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - Commerce landed the # 3 spot on the list. Texas A&M Commerce is a large public school located in the town of Commerce.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas A&M Commerce are $14,682 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. TWU is a large public school located in the midsize city of Denton.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $15,048 per year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UT Rio Grande Valley graduate students pay an average of $15,677 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, UT Rio Grande Valley is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Texas Tech University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Texas Tech also is in the top 10% of our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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Stephen F Austin State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the town of Nacogdoches, SFASU is a public school with a large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SFASU are $15,695 per year.
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Oklahoma City University 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 #8 on the list. Located in the city of Oklahoma City, OCU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at OCU are $13,410 a year.
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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.
UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus 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 #10 on the list. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OSU are $24,175 per year.
OSU also claimed a spot on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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Explore the best visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 2,294 |
| Texas | 7,696 |
| New Mexico | 493 |
| Oklahoma | 1,205 |
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Visual & Performing Arts Related Majors for 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 25 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).
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