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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$16,561 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,741 Avg Salary

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

With 187 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #19 most popular major in New Jersey.

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 Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for visual and performing arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 New Jersey

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

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

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Montclair State University the best value school in New Jersey for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Madison, FDU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

FDU graduate students pay an average of $10,722 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ

The excellent master’s degree programs at Rowan University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in New Jersey. Located in the suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Rowan are $16,146 a year.

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#4

New Jersey City University

Jersey City, NJ

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Jersey City University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. NJCU is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Jersey City.

NJCU graduate students pay an average of $16,018 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 9 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, William Paterson University of New Jersey landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at William Paterson University are $14,050 per year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at William Paterson University of New Jersey Report

#6

Kean University

Union, NJ

Kean University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. Kean is a large public school located in the suburb of Union.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Kean are $17,476 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, Rutgers University - New Brunswick did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Rutgers New Brunswick are $20,495 a year.

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Rutgers University - Newark came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. Located in the large city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Rutgers Newark are $20,466 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Rutgers Newark is ranked #3 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in New Jersey.

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#9

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

Rider 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 #9 on the list. Rider is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Lawrenceville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Rider are $20,159 a year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Rider University Report

Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,135
Pennsylvania 745
Maryland 493
District of Columbia 192
Delaware 34

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 9 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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