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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in New York

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

8 Colleges
$18,620 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,917 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York

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

Best New York Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Visual & Performing Arts

#1

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, NY

Our 2023 rankings named SUNY Oneonta the best value school in New York for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. SUNY Oneonta is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Oneonta.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SUNY Oneonta are $8,786 a 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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#2

Lehman College

Bronx, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Lehman College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Bronx, Lehman is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Lehman are $7,410 a year.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Lehman College Report

#3

SUNY New Paltz

New Paltz, NY

Out of the 8 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY New Paltz landed the # 3 spot on the list. SUNY New Paltz is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of New Paltz.

SUNY New Paltz undergraduate students pay an average of $8,523 in in-state tuition and fees each 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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#4

SUNY Fredonia

Fredonia, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend SUNY Fredonia. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the town of Fredonia, SUNY Fredonia is a public college with a small student population.

SUNY Fredonia undergraduate students pay an average of $8,760 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Purchase College

Purchase, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Purchase College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Purchase College is a small public school located in the large suburb of Purchase.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Purchase College are $8,953 a year.

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#6

SUNY Potsdam

Potsdam, NY

SUNY Potsdam did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general visual and performing arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the town of Potsdam, SUNY Potsdam is a public school with a small student population.

SUNY Potsdam undergraduate students pay an average of $8,712 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general visual and performing arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. RPI is a medium-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.

RPI excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York list.

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#8

LIU Post

Brookville, NY

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 suburb of Brookville, LIU Post is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at LIU Post are $39,290 per year.

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Best 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

General Visual & Performing Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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.

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