2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree visual arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Virginia

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k list. George Mason University is a public institution located in Fairfax, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Mason University 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 be in good company if you decide to attend Regent University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $30-$48k list. Regent University is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 8 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Regent, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. 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 $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k)

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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