2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Southwest region, there were 744 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,725 and $18,933 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 8 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,078 and $37,227 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general visual and performing arts programs, but they also 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 general visual and performing arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$28,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #1 spot on the list. UT Dallas is located in Richardson, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 masters’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

UT Dallas also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at UT Dallas

#2

Texas A&M University - College Station

College Station, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$22,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in College Station, Texas, this large public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also made our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743.

Full Texas A&M University - College Station General Visual & Performing Arts Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (With Aid)

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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