by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
In 2020-2021, 6,355 people earned their degree in general visual and performing arts, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,134 and had an average of $26,019 in loans still to pay off.
Across Virginia, there were 267 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,529 and $23,281 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,799 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Virginia” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general visual and performing arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general visual and performing arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Virginia” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Virginia”.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified masters’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Regent University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norfolk State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Virginia list. This medium-sized school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 1 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Norfolk State University General Visual & Performing Arts Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the #3 spot on the list. George Mason University is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 6 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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