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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking.
General Visual & Performing Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 6,776 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , general visual & performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $25,144 and had an average of $24,433 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 364 general visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,272 and $21,899 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 16 general visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general visual & performing arts. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general visual & performing arts.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree visual arts students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis College of Art and Design landed the #1 spot on the list. MCAD is a private not-for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region. Iowa State University is a large public school situated in Ames, Iowa. It awarded 2 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Iowa State University General Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Springfield, Missouri, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s visual arts students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Missouri State University - Springfield
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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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- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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