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

6 Ranked Colleges
313 Degrees Awarded
$29,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master's in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

With 155,377 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, visual and performing arts is the 10th most popular major in the United States. 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 Colorado, there were 2,140 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,200 and $26,437 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 313 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,789 and $41,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Colorado

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k. This fairly large school is located in Greeley, Colorado, and it awarded 65 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Northern Colorado also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Northern Colorado are $21,708.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus is located in Denver, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

CU Anschutz also took the #5 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus are $23,915, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k list. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a large public school situated in Fort Collins, Colorado. It awarded 97 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

Western Colorado University

Gunnison, Colorado

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Colorado University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k. This small school is located in Gunnison, Colorado, and it awarded 4 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado master’s degree visual & performing arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, Western has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Colorado University are $17,371, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado Boulder. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 77 diplomas to qualified masters’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

CU - Boulder not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Colorado Boulder are $32,980, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#6

University of Denver

Denver, Colorado
#2 in overall quality

University of Denver landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Colorado For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 49 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our colorado master’s degree visual & performing arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, DU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Colorado” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Denver are $52,899, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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%.

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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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