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

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 155,377 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,427 and had an average of $28,377 in loans still to pay off.

Across Alaska, there were 69 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,500 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,325 and $26,561 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent visual and performing arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The visual & performing 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 & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k) in Alaska

#1

University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

#1 in overall quality

$24,287 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Alaska Fairbanks. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alaska For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Alaska Fairbanks is located in Fairbanks, Alaska and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Alaska” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UAF are $24,287, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at UAF

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for 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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