2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,359 people earned their degree in general visual and performing arts, making the major the 125th most popular in the United States. 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 the Plains States region, there were 259 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,960 and $34,059 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 3 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual arts degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Iowa State University General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

Missouri State University - Springfield

Springfield, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$12,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Missouri State is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 2 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri State also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State are $12,042.

Full Missouri State General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#3

Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#3 in overall quality

$41,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. MCAD is a small school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 15 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

MCAD also made our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at MCAD are $41,794.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k)

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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