2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You
General Visual & Performing Arts is the #103 most popular major in New York with 593 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in New York to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for visual arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Visual & Performing Arts
Our analysis found SUNY Oneonta to be the best value school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in New York. SUNY Oneonta is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Oneonta.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Oneonta are $8,786 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, visual arts graduates from SUNY Oneonta carry an average student debtload of $22,377.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Lehman College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general visual and performing arts schools in New York. Located in the large city of Bronx, Lehman is a public school with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lehman are $7,410 per year.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at SUNY New Paltz helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general visual and performing arts schools in New York. SUNY New Paltz is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of New Paltz.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY New Paltz are $8,523 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, visual arts majors at SUNY New Paltz accumulate an average of around $21,397 in student debt.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at SUNY Fredonia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general visual and performing arts schools in New York. Located in the distant town of Fredonia, SUNY Fredonia is a public school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Fredonia are $8,760 per year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Purchase College is a great value for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Purchase College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Purchase.
Purchase College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,953 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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SUNY Potsdam came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York ranking. Located in the town of Potsdam, SUNY Potsdam is a public school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SUNY Potsdam are $8,712 per year.
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With a ranking of #7, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RPI are $58,526 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, RPI also did well on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #8, LIU Post did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Brookville, LIU Post is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LIU Post are $39,290 per year.
Request InformationBest Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 204 |
| Maryland | 98 |
| New Jersey | 180 |
| District of Columbia | 16 |
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General Visual & Performing Arts Related Majors for Visual Arts
General Visual & Performing Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related to Visual Arts
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Fine & Studio Arts | 37,413 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 36,301 |
| Music | 25,910 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 17,341 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 16,778 |
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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.
More about our data sources and methodologies.