2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri
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 #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.
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 very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mizzou are $11,475 per year.
Mizzou also made our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #2.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Missouri State University - Springfield is a great value for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Springfield.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Missouri State are $8,294 a year.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Southeast Missouri State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general visual and performing arts schools in Missouri. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Cape Girardeau.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southeast Missouri State University are $8,715 per year.
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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Maryville University of Saint Louis helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general visual and performing arts schools in Missouri. Maryville U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Maryville U are $27,166 a year.
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Request InformationBest Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Minnesota | 57 |
| Kansas | 84 |
| Iowa | 28 |
| Nebraska | 0 |
| South Dakota | 7 |
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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 Related Majors
| 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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.