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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general visual and performing arts programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The visual arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree visual arts students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in Virginia (With Aid)

#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 Getting Aid list. George Mason University is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

GMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. 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 GMU

#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 Getting Aid. Regent is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

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. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Regent are $17,052.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Regent

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (With Aid)

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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