2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

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 & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 West Virginia, there were 437 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts. 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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.

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 West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k”.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k) in West Virginia

#1

Marshall University

Huntington, West Virginia

$21,162 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marshall University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. This fairly large school is located in Huntington, West Virginia, and it awarded 4 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Marshall University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Marshall University are $21,162, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Marshall University

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend West Virginia University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in West Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. Morgantown, West Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 21 students in 2019-2020.

WVU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in West Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at WVU are $26,154, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full West Virginia University Visual & Performing Arts Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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