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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$13,967 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,741 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 130 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Washington to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for visual and performing arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Washington State University the best value school in Washington for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $13,740 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

The excellent master’s degree programs at Seattle University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Washington. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Seattle U graduate students pay an average of $14,310 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Seattle University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at CWU are $12,127 a year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Central Washington University Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Western Washington University is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. WWU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Bellingham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WWU are $12,490 a year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Western Washington University Report

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Washington. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UW Seattle graduate students pay an average of $17,754 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UW Seattle also took the #3 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Washington rankings.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Eastern Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a large student population.

EWU graduate students pay an average of $13,379 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Eastern Washington University

Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 2,548
Oregon 185
Nevada 51
Hawaii 26
Alaska 3

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 6 schools only.

  • 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Bonnielou2013.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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