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Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$24,736 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,917 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 73 degrees and certificates were awarded to general visual and performing arts students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #164 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for visual arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 North Carolina

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina at Asheville the best value school in North Carolina for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. UNCA is a small public school located in the small city of Asheville.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNCA are $7,319 per year.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Carolina at Asheville Report

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at North Carolina Central University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general visual and performing arts schools in North Carolina. North Carolina Central University is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Durham.

North Carolina Central University undergraduate students pay an average of $6,644 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at North Carolina Central University

#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Duke University is a great value for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Duke is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Duke are $60,244 a year.

Duke not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Duke University Report

Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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
Florida 945
Tennessee 57
Kentucky 52
South Carolina 19
Louisiana 39
Arkansas 5
Alabama 4
Mississippi 156
West Virginia 23

One of 10 majors within the area of study, general visual and performing arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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