2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in North Dakota

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in North Dakota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 149,215 visual and performing arts students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,700 and had an average of $25,051 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Dakota, there were 173 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,218 and $28,314 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,776 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in North Dakota” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in visual and performing arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their visual and performing arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in North Dakota

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

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in North Dakota

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University of North Dakota
Grand Forks, North Dakota

#2 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Dakota. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in North Dakota list. Located in Grand Forks, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 9 degrees to qualified masters’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Dakota

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus
Fargo, North Dakota

#1 overall quality in North Dakota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in North Dakota. Located in Fargo, North Dakota, this fairly large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified masters’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at North Dakota State University

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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