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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$8,511 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,741 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 125 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Kansas college or university. This makes it the #14 most popular major in the state.

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.

The Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Kansas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Kansas 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 Kansas

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

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

Our analysis found Fort Hays State University to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Kansas. FHSU is a large public school located in the remote town of Hays.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at FHSU are $4,500 a year.

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#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

The excellent master’s degree programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Kansas. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at K -State are $11,225 a year.

K -State also took the #1 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas rankings.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Kansas State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Emporia State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas list. ESU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Emporia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at ESU are $8,532 a year.

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

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Wichita State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Kansas. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WSU are $7,252 a year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Wichita State University

#5

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Kansas is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

KU graduate students pay an average of $11,045 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

KU also took the #2 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas rankings.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Kansas Report

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

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State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 267
Minnesota 133
Iowa 163
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

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 5 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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