2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Montana

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Montana” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Montana, there were 361 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,386 and $25,557 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The visual & performing arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Montana”.

One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Montana

The colleges and universities below are the best for montana master’s degree visual & performing arts students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Montana

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #1 spot on the list. UM is a medium-sized public school situated in Missoula, Montana. It awarded 30 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UM, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at UM

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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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