2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region” ranking.

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” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The visual arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region”.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region

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

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

#1

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 #1 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. This large school is located in College Station, Texas, and it awarded 4 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas A&M College Station also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas A&M University - College Station are $22,743, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#2

The University of Texas at Dallas

Richardson, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$28,610 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southwest Region. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Dallas are $28,610, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at UT Dallas

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts

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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