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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Louisiana (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
122 Degrees Awarded
$25,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master's in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 155,377 visual and performing arts students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. 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 Louisiana, there were 1,270 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,327 and $23,095 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 122 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,288 and $46,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Louisiana (With Aid)

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeastern Louisiana University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid. Southeastern is a public institution located in Hammond, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southeastern did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southeastern are $21,246, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid. Louisiana Tech is located in Ruston, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

Louisiana Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana Tech University are $12,690.

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#3

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Orleans. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid list. University of New Orleans is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

UNO also took the #6 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of New Orleans are $13,678, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid list. Lafayette, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

UL Lafayette also took the #5 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Louisiana at Lafayette are $23,865, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 61 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our louisiana master’s degree visual & performing arts students with aid list, Louisiana State University has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#7 in overall quality

Northwestern State University of Louisiana did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. Northwestern State University of Louisiana is a fairly large school located in Natchitoches, Louisiana that handed out 12 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

NSU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NSU are $20,402.

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#7

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, Louisiana
#3 in overall quality

Loyola University New Orleans came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in New Orleans, Louisiana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Loyola New Orleans, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Loyola New Orleans are $17,906.

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#8

Tulane University of Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana
#1 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Tulane University of Louisiana did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Louisiana For Those Getting Aid list. New Orleans, Louisiana 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 12 students in 2019-2020.

Tulane not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tulane are $61,176, 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%.

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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