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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #49 most popular major in Mississippi with 156 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Mississippi 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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

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

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

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

42 Bachelor's Degrees

#3 in Quality in Mississippi

$9,220 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Mississippi State University to be the best value school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Mississippi. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mississippi State are $9,220 per year. Visual Arts majors at Mississippi State take out an average of $28,468 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Mississippi State also took the #3 spot in our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi rankings.

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#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, MS

22 Bachelor's Degrees

#9 in Quality in Mississippi

$9,204 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Southern Mississippi is a great value for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southern Miss are $9,204 a year.

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#3

Mississippi University for Women

Columbus, MS

4 Bachelor's Degrees

#5 in Quality in Mississippi

$7,756 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi University for Women landed the # 3 spot on the list. MUW is a small public school located in the remote town of Columbus.

MUW undergraduate students pay an average of $7,756 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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