2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Iowa (With Aid)

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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 Iowa, there were 1,407 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,313 and $25,442 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 143 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,298 and $45,299 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Iowa (With Aid)

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

$22,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid list. UNI is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 14 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also took the #0 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Iowa are $22,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Northern Iowa Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. Iowa State University is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State are $25,948.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Iowa State

#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$27,613 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Iowa. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Iowa For Those Getting Aid. Iowa City, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 84 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Iowa are $27,613, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Iowa Visual & Performing Arts Report

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