2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Nebraska

Visual & Performing Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #10 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Nebraska ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 74 master's degrees in visual & performing arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on visual & performing arts students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of visual & performing arts students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt visual & performing arts students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized visual & performing arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for visual & performing arts students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Nebraska list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in Nebraska

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in visual & performing arts.

Top Nebraska Schools for a Master's in Visual & Performing Arts

1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

29 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Nebraska - Lincoln if you wish to pursue a master's degree in visual & performing arts. UNL is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lincoln.More information about a master’s in visual & performing arts from University of Nebraska - Lincoln

2

University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, NE

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

University of Nebraska at Kearney is a great decision for students interested in a master's degree in visual & performing arts. UNK is a moderately-sized public university located in the distant town of Kearney.More information about a master’s in visual & performing arts from University of Nebraska at Kearney

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	32	228
Minnesota	31	106
Kansas	30	97
Iowa	29	124
North Dakota	28	15
South Dakota	25	16

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts	37
Music	33
Drama & Theater Arts	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bonnielou2013. More about our data sources and methodologies.