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2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$23,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master's in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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 Alabama, there were 1,274 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,700 and $27,146 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $54,487 and $41,507 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Alabama (With Aid)

#1

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, Alabama
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jacksonville State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid. Jacksonville, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Jacksonville State University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Jacksonville State University are $20,200.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Alabama. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Mobile, Alabama, and it awarded 6 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

USA also took the #4 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of South Alabama are $16,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of South Alabama Visual & Performing Arts Report

#3

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, Alabama
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Alabama landed the #3 spot on the list. UA is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 30 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Alabama are $30,940, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full The University of Alabama Visual & Performing Arts Report

#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Auburn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alabama at Birmingham. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid list. University of Alabama at Birmingham is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our alabama master’s degree visual & performing arts students with aid list, UAB has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UAB are $19,188.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Alabama at Birmingham

#6

Samford University

Birmingham, Alabama
#3 in overall quality

Samford University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Alabama For Those Getting Aid ranking. Samford University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Birmingham, Alabama. It awarded 3 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Samford did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Alabama” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Samford University are $21,227, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Samford University 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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