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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$13,913 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 #114 most popular major in Missouri with 111 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Missouri 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. 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.

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best value school in Missouri for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mizzou are $11,475 a year.

Mizzou did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

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

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri State are $8,294 per year.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Missouri State University - Springfield

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Southeast Missouri State University is a great value for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Southeast Missouri State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Cape Girardeau.

Southeast Missouri State University undergraduate students pay an average of $8,715 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 4 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the # 4 spot on the list. Maryville U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

Maryville U undergraduate students pay an average of $27,166 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Maryville University of Saint Louis

Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 57
Kansas 84
Iowa 28
Nebraska 0
South Dakota 7

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 4 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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