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.
Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Visual & Performing Arts
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 remote town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public school with a very large student population.
Mississippi State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,220 in in-state tuition and fees each 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 made our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #3.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Southern Mississippi helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general visual and performing arts schools in Mississippi. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a large student population.
Southern Miss undergraduate students pay an average of $9,204 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi University for Women. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi 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.
MUW did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list.
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Explore all the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 90 |
| Virginia | 255 |
| North Carolina | 73 |
| Florida | 945 |
| Tennessee | 57 |
| Kentucky | 52 |
| South Carolina | 19 |
| Louisiana | 39 |
| Arkansas | 5 |
| Alabama | 4 |
| West Virginia | 23 |
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Majors Related to Visual Arts
One of 10 majors within the area of study, general visual and performing arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
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 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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