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2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

9 Ranked Colleges
336 Degrees Awarded
$31,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master's in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Michigan, there were 3,625 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,724 and $27,339 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 336 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,608 and $41,198 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Michigan

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #1 spot on the list. Ann Arbor, Michigan is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 90 students in 2019-2020.

U-M also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U-M are $49,548.

Full U-M Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

Ferris State University

Big Rapids, Michigan
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ferris State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. Ferris is a fairly large public school situated in Big Rapids, Michigan. It awarded 10 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Ferris also took the #6 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ferris are $7,908, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Ferris Visual & Performing Arts Report

#3

Oakland University

Rochester Hills, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oakland University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Rochester Hills, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

Oakland did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oakland University are $24,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Oakland Visual & Performing Arts Report

#4

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan University are $19,359, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Central Michigan University Visual & Performing Arts Report

#5

Wayne State University

Detroit, Michigan
#9 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Wayne State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Detroit, Michigan, and it awarded 30 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Wayne State also took the #9 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Wayne State University are $37,215.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Wayne State

#6

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#8 in overall quality

Eastern Michigan University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. Eastern Michigan is a fairly large public school situated in Ypsilanti, Michigan. It awarded 28 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our michigan master’s degree visual & performing arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, Eastern Michigan has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Eastern Michigan Visual & Performing Arts Report

#7

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#2 in overall quality

Michigan State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 58 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Michigan State Visual & Performing Arts Report

#8

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, Michigan
#5 in overall quality

Western Michigan University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. WMU is a fairly large public school situated in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It awarded 21 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our michigan master’s degree visual & performing arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, WMU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WMU are $31,355, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Western Michigan University

#9

College for Creative Studies

Detroit, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

With a ranking of #9, College for Creative Studies did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Michigan For Those Making $75-$110k list. College for Creative Studies is a small school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 17 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

CCS also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at CCS are $49,655, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full CCS Visual & Performing Arts Report

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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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