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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Kansas

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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 125 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Kansas college or university. This makes it the #14 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Kansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Kansas to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas

The colleges and universities below are the best for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top Kansas Schools for a Master's in Visual & Performing Arts

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Our analysis found Kansas State University to be the best school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Kansas. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Fort Hays State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Kansas. FHSU is a large public school located in the town of Hays.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Emporia State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. ESU is a moderately-sized public school located in the remote town of Emporia.

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#4

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Kansas. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Wichita State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. Located in the large city of Wichita, WSU is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 267
Minnesota 133
Iowa 163
North Dakota 16
Nebraska 93
South Dakota 16

Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699
Arts & Media Management 1,184
General Visual & Performing Arts 390
Dance 257
Other Visual Art 254
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry 13

Majors Similar to Visual & Performing Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theology & Religious Vocations 17,287
English Language & Literature 9,566
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 4,163
Philosophy & Religious Studies 3,136
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 2,680

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 the rest 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).
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