2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 155,377 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,427 and had an average of $28,377 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 852 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,300 and $21,451 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great visual and performing arts programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

UARK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Arkansas State University - Main Campus

Jonesboro, Arkansas

$11,586 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Jonesboro, Arkansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at A-State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Arkansas State University - Main Campus are $11,586, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$11,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k list. UCA is a public institution located in Conway, Arkansas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our arkansas master’s degree visual & performing arts students whose families make $0-$30k list, UCA has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCA are $11,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

John Brown University

Siloam Springs, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$13,920 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, John Brown University landed the #4 spot on the list. JBU is a small school located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas that handed out 6 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

JBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at John Brown University are $13,920, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full John Brown University Visual & Performing Arts Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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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