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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$11,317 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 Iowa college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Iowa ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Iowa 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

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

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

Our 2023 rankings named University of Northern Iowa the best value school in Iowa for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. UNI is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Cedar Falls.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNI are $10,569 a year.

UNI also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #5.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $12,065 per year.

Iowa not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 125
Missouri 267
Minnesota 133
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

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 2 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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