2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general visual and performing arts was ranked #119 in the country. In fact 6,355 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Grand Canyon University the best value school in the Southwest Region for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Grand Canyon University are $17,189 per year. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $181.
Grand Canyon University excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
Texas Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $24,121 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Tech is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Advancing Technology. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Advancing Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the midsize city of Tempe.
University of Advancing Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $17,461 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great value for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UT Austin are $40,996 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, visual arts majors at UT Austin accumulate an average of around $21,516 in student debt. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $216, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
UT Austin did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Rogers State University is a great value for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. RSU is a small public school located in the town of Claremore.
RSU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,960 in tuition and fees each year. On average, visual arts graduates from RSU take out $26,180 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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Lubbock Christian University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. LCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lubbock.
LCU undergraduate students pay an average of $24,900 in tuition and fees each year.
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Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree general visual and performing arts programs. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tempe.
ASU - Tempe undergraduate students pay an average of $29,438 in tuition and fees each year. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $351.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, ASU - Tempe also did well on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Houston - Downtown did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UH Downtown are $17,196 a year. On average, visual arts graduates from UH Downtown take out $27,424 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.
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The University of Texas at Dallas 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 #9 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Dallas are $39,776 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, visual arts majors at UT Dallas accumulate an average of around $24,651 in student debt.
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Rice University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree general visual and performing arts programs. Rice is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Houston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rice are $52,895 per year. The average amount in student loans that visual arts majors at Rice take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $10,493.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Rice is ranked #1 for overall quality for visual arts in the Southwest Region .
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Request InformationBest General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best general visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 593 |
| Arizona | 138 |
| Oklahoma | 29 |
| New Mexico | 67 |
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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.
Majors Similar 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 12 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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