by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Mississippi for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
With 149,215 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the 10th most popular major in the United States. 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 Mississippi, there were 769 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,259 and $28,224 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 76 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Mississippi for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in visual and performing arts.
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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 “Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Mississippi for a Master’s”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Mississippi for a Master’s”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Mississippi for a Master’s list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Mississippi for a Master’s list. University, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full University of Mississippi Visual & Performing Arts Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Mississippi for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the #3 spot on the list. MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Mississippi for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi University for Women landed the #4 spot on the list. MUW is a small public school situated in Columbus, Mississippi. It awarded 3 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Mississippi for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Belhaven University landed the #5 spot on the list. Jackson, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s visual and performing arts degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Mississippi State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Mississippi for a Master’s ranking. Mississippi State University is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 46 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Mississippi State
Delta State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Mississippi for a Master’s list. Delta State University is a small public school situated in Cleveland, Mississippi. It awarded 38 masters’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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