2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy in the Plains States Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 715 people earned their degree in art therapy/therapist, making the major the 512th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 16 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 art therapy/therapist graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great art therapy/therapist programs and cost less that 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 art therapy/therapist program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Art Therapy Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree art therapy students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy in the Plains States Region

#1

Emporia State University

Emporia, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,058 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Art Therapy Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Emporia State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Emporia, Kansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s art therapy degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ESU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Art Therapy Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Emporia State University are $22,058.

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.

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