2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky” ranking.

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 Kentucky, there were 1,195 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,540 and $26,709 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 112 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,847 and $34,311 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Kentucky”.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Kentucky

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kentucky. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky list. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 46 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UK did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UK are $33,216, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full UK Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

University of Louisville

Louisville, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$27,575 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisville landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Louisville is a large school located in Louisville, Kentucky that handed out 38 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our kentucky master’s degree visual & performing arts students list, UofL has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisville are $27,575.

Full UofL Visual & Performing Arts Report

#3

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

#3 in overall quality

$14,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Kentucky list. Located in Richmond, Kentucky, this fairly large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

Eastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern are $14,500.

Full Eastern Visual & Performing Arts Report

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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%.

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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