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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,604 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 #57 most popular major in New Mexico with 67 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 New Mexico ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 Mexico

Check out the visual arts bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

Our analysis found University of New Mexico - Main Campus to be the best value school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in New Mexico. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a very large student population.

UNM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,906 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, visual arts graduates from UNM take out $18,988 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UNM is ranked #3 for overall quality for visual arts in New Mexico.

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Out of the 2 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

NMSU Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $7,301 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, visual arts majors at NMSU Main Campus accumulate an average of around $29,774 in student debt.

NMSU Main Campus also took the #4 spot in our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Mexico rankings.

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

Explore all the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 593
Arizona 138
Oklahoma 29

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 2 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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