2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Missouri
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Missouri” 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 Missouri, there were 2,061 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,911 and $27,409 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 225 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri” ranking, we looked at 9 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.
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 Missouri
The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri master’s degree visual & performing arts students.
Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Missouri
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri list. Lindenwood University is located in Saint Charles, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
Lindenwood University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Lindenwood University are $9,550.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Truman State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri. Truman State University is a small school located in Kirksville, Missouri that handed out 9 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Truman State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Truman State University are $16,551, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephens College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri. Stephens College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 14 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Stephens not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stephens are $9,165.
Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #4 spot on the list. UMKC is a fairly large school located in Kansas City, Missouri that handed out 85 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.
UMKC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMKC are $26,699, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri. Missouri State University - Springfield is a large public school situated in Springfield, Missouri. It awarded 22 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Missouri State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State are $12,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri ranking, coming in at #6. Mizzou is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Mizzou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Columbia are $27,193, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Webster University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri ranking, coming in at #7. Webster University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 6 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Webster, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Webster University are $13,500.
University of Central Missouri landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri ranking. University of Central Missouri is a public institution located in Warrensburg, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UCM also took the #9 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCM are $16,394, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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With a ranking of #9, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Missouri list. This fairly large school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 26 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.
WUSTL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Washington University in St Louis are $56,562.
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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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