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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$17,329 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,741 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 163 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Louisiana college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Louisiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Louisiana 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

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

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Southeastern Louisiana University the best value school in Louisiana for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Hammond, Southeastern is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Southeastern are $8,768 a year.

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Out of the 8 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the city of Baton Rouge.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Louisiana State University are $13,031 a year.

Louisiana State University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

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Out of the 8 schools in Louisiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Louisiana Tech is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Ruston.

Louisiana Tech graduate students pay an average of $7,959 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Louisiana Tech also took the #4 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana rankings.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Louisiana at Lafayette helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Louisiana. Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UL Lafayette are $10,130 a year.

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#5

University of New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of New Orleans helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Louisiana. UNO is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New Orleans.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNO are $9,108 per year.

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Northwestern State University of Louisiana ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list. Located in the remote town of Natchitoches, NSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

NSU graduate students pay an average of $9,614 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Loyola University New Orleans

New Orleans, LA

With a ranking of #7, Loyola University New Orleans 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 Orleans, Loyola New Orleans is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Loyola New Orleans are $18,889 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Loyola New Orleans is ranked #5 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in Louisiana.

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Tulane University of Louisiana landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of New Orleans, Tulane is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Tulane graduate students pay an average of $61,130 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Tulane not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Louisiana list.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 88
Florida 995
Virginia 522
Tennessee 156
North Carolina 274
Georgia 670
West Virginia 50
South Carolina 116
Kentucky 127
Arkansas 80
Alabama 86

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

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 8 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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