2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

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General Visual & Performing Arts is the 125th most popular major in the country with 6,359 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,577 and had an average of $26,968 in loans still to pay off.

Across Virginia, there were 275 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,467 and $25,321 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general visual and performing arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Virginia

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #1 spot on the list. George Mason University is a large public school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 3 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU also made our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at George Mason University

#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$25,194 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified masters’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

Regent did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regent University are $17,052, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Regent General Visual & Performing Arts Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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