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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

18 Colleges
$14,777 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,741 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 1,011 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Texas 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. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in Texas 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.

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 Texas

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

Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Texas A&M University - Commerce the best value school in Texas for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Texas A&M Commerce graduate students pay an average of $7,338 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Texas A&M University is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. West Texas A&M University is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Canyon.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at West Texas A&M University are $7,282 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Sam Houston State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Texas. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville.

SHSU graduate students pay an average of $8,666 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at TWU are $7,704 per year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Texas. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Edinburg.

UT Rio Grande Valley graduate students pay an average of $8,333 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, Stephen F Austin State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. SFASU is a large public school located in the remote town of Nacogdoches.

SFASU graduate students pay an average of $7,433 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech 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 #7 on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $9,518 per year.

Texas Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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The University of Texas at Arlington landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

UT Arlington graduate students pay an average of $10,853 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#9

University of Houston

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #9, University of Houston 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 Houston, UH is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UH are $9,727 per year.

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The University of Texas at Austin ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Texas list. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UT Austin are $12,050 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #2 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in Texas.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 254
Oklahoma 126
New Mexico 43

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 18 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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