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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

8 Ranked Colleges
199 Degrees Awarded
$20,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Visual & Performing Arts is the 125th most popular major in the country with 6,359 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,577 and had an average of $26,968 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 259 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,960 and $34,059 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 199 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in general visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general 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 general visual and performing arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Missouri - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, Mizzou has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $19,595 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Mizzou.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full Mizzou General Visual & Performing Arts Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Iowa State is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, Iowa State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State University is $17,228 for plains states region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Iowa State General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#3

Hamline University

Saint Paul, Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hamline University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Hamline University is a small school located in Saint Paul, Minnesota that handed out 15 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Hamline did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Hamline is $22,880 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Hamline University

#4

Southeast Missouri State University

Cape Girardeau, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Missouri State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Southeast Missouri State University is a public institution located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeast Missouri State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,985 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Southeast Missouri State University.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Southeast Missouri State University

#6 in overall quality

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 Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Missouri State is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $18,298 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Missouri State.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Missouri State University - Springfield

#6

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

Wichita State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Wichita State University is a fairly large public school situated in Wichita, Kansas. It awarded 44 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU also took the #8 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wichita State University is $16,620 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#4 in overall quality

Minnesota State University - Moorhead came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Moorhead, Minnesota, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, MSU Moorhead has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $19,300 for plains states region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Minnesota State University - Moorhead

#8

Maryville University of Saint Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Maryville University of Saint Louis did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Saint Louis, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Maryville U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Maryville U is $32,430 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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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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