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2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

2 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master's in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 155,377 visual and performing arts students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. 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 New Mexico, there were 707 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,110 and $25,047 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 61 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,864 and $37,250 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new mexico master’s degree visual & performing arts students with aid.

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid. NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Albuquerque, New Mexico
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in New Mexico For Those Getting Aid list. UNM is a large school located in Albuquerque, New Mexico that handed out 47 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New Mexico” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNM are $19,890.

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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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