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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$15,780 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,741 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 267 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Missouri college or university. This makes it the #15 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Missouri 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 Missouri

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

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

Our analysis found Missouri State University - Springfield to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Missouri. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Springfield.

Missouri State graduate students pay an average of $6,858 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Missouri State University - Springfield Report

#2

Truman State University

Kirksville, MO

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Truman State University is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Truman State is a small public school located in the remote town of Kirksville.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Truman State are $9,924 per year.

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#3

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO

The excellent master’s degree programs at Lindenwood University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Missouri. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Saint Charles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Lindenwood University are $9,784 a year.

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#4

Stephens College

Columbia, MO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Stephens College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Stephens is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Stephens are $9,230 a year.

Stephens not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Located in the distant town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UCM graduate students pay an average of $9,156 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $11,255 per year.

Mizzou did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

University of Missouri - Kansas City landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public school with a large student population.

UMKC graduate students pay an average of $11,745 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

Webster University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Webster is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Webster are $13,500 per year.

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Washington University in St Louis came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 per year.

WUSTL did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 125
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 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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