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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Arkansas, there were 852 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,300 and $21,451 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 54 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 3 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Arkansas

#1

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

#3 in overall quality

$11,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas. UCA is located in Conway, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCA, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Arkansas are $11,648.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at UCA

#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Arkansas is a public institution located in Fayetteville, Arkansas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UARK also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Arkansas

#3

John Brown University

Siloam Springs, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$13,920 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Brown University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas list. Located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

JBU also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at JBU are $13,920.

Full JBU 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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