2024 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

General Visual & Performing Arts is about average in terms of popularity for master's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #172 out of the 343 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for general visual & performing arts students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 25 master's degrees in general visual & performing arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general visual & performing arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general visual & performing arts students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for general visual & performing arts to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general visual & performing arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general visual & performing arts students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Visual & Performing Arts Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study General Visual & Performing Arts in the Plains States Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in general visual & performing arts.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Visual Arts

1

Iowa State University
Ames, IA

5 Annual Graduates

Iowa State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in general visual & performing arts. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in general visual & performing arts from Iowa State University

2

Minneapolis College of Art and Design
Minneapolis, MN

17 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Minneapolis College of Art and Design if you want to pursue a master's degree in general visual & performing arts. MCAD is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a master’s in general visual & performing arts from Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best general visual & performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	3
Minnesota	174	17
Iowa	154	5

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General Visual & Performing Arts Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, General Visual & Performing Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Visual Arts Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Digital Arts	20
Visual & Performing Arts	5

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Music	290
Fine & Studio Arts	174
Drama & Theater Arts	97
Design & Applied Arts	47
Arts & Media Management	11
Dance	10
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	6

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0. More about our data sources and methodologies.