2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 18,755 people earned their degree in art studies, making the major the 56th most popular in the United States.
Across the Plains States region, there were 758 art studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 art studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in art studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in art studies.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region”.
Top 12 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Studies in the Plains States Region
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Fontbonne University landed the #1 spot on the list. Fontbonne University is a small school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 1 masters’s art studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on Art Studies at Fontbonne University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Kearney, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s art studies degrees to 16 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Art Studies at University of Nebraska at Kearney
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Iowa is a large public school situated in Iowa City, Iowa. It awarded 25 masters’s art studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
Full Iowa Art Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Dakota. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. USD is a medium-sized school located in Vermillion, South Dakota that handed out 3 masters’s art studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Art Studies at USD
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #5 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large public school situated in Mankato, Minnesota. It awarded 3 masters’s art studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Art Studies at Minnesota State Mankato
With a ranking of #6, University of North Dakota did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. This fairly large school is located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, and it awarded 4 masters’s art studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UND Art Studies Report
University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #7. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s art studies degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Art Studies at Mizzou
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s art studies degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Art Studies Report
University of Minnesota - Duluth ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Minnesota - Duluth is a medium-sized public school situated in Duluth, Minnesota. It awarded 1 masters’s art studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Art Studies at UMN Duluth
Webster University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #9. Webster University is a medium-sized school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 12 masters’s art studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Art Studies at Webster University
University of Northern Iowa landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Northern Iowa is a public institution located in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Art Studies at UNI
Bellevue University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Studies Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Bellevue, Nebraska, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified masters’s art studies students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Art Studies at Bellevue University
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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