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

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Visual & Performing Arts is the 217th most popular major in the country with 3,337 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 603 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the 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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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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

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

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, Virginia

#4 in overall quality

$17,052 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Regent University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Regent is a fairly large school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 8 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Regent, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Regent University are $17,052, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Regent University Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, West Virginia

#3 in overall quality

$26,154 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. West Virginia University is a public institution located in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

WVU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at West Virginia University are $26,154.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at WVU

#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$37,410 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. George Mason University is a large school located in Fairfax, Virginia that handed out 3 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

GMU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at GMU are $37,410.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at GMU

#4

College of Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$36,592 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Charleston. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Charleston, South Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual arts degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

C of C also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at C of C are $36,592.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at College of Charleston

• 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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