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2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

1 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$47,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master's in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 215 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,500 and $24,320 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. Carnegie Mellon University is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Carnegie Mellon University are $47,326, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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