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

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In 2019-2020, 3,337 people earned their degree in visual and performing arts, making the major the 217th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 700 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 29 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,887 and $46,998 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 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 Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree visual arts students.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, New York

#1 in overall quality

$26,028 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. This large school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 2 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

University at Buffalo also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at University at Buffalo are $26,028, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University at Buffalo Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

Purchase College

Purchase, New York

#2 in overall quality

$24,983 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Purchase College landed the #2 spot on the list. Purchase, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual arts degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Purchase College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Purchase College are $24,983, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Purchase College

#3

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, New York

#3 in overall quality

$20,952 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brooklyn College landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Brooklyn, New York, and it awarded 5 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Brooklyn College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brooklyn College are $20,952, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Brooklyn College Visual & Performing Arts Report

#4

The College at Brockport

Brockport, New York

#4 in overall quality

$24,080 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The College at Brockport. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Brockport, New York, and it awarded 2 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Brockport, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The College at Brockport are $24,080, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at The College at Brockport

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for 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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