Northern Illinois University Master’s in Visual & Performing Arts

40 Master's Degrees Awarded

Visual & Performing Arts is a program of study at Northern Illinois University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in visual and performing arts, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Master’s in Visual & Performing Arts from NIU Cost?

$11,086 Average Tuition and Fees

NIU Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at NIU was $492 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,858	$8,858
Fees	$2,228	$2,228

Does NIU Offer an Online Master’s in Visual & Performing Arts?

Online degrees for the NIU visual and performing arts master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the NIU Online Learning page.

NIU Master’s Student Diversity for Visual & Performing Arts

40 Master's Degrees Awarded

35.0% Women

22.5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 40 master’s degrees in visual and performing arts handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

About 35.0% of the students who received their Master’s in visual and performing arts in 2019-2020 were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 58.3%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in visual and performing arts at NIU in 2019-2020, 22.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 23%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	23
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Master’s in Visual & Performing Arts Focus Areas at NIU

Visual & Performing Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Drama & Theater Arts	2
Fine & Studio Arts	9
Music	29

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.