2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You
With 62 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general visual and performing arts is the #194 most popular major in Illinois.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Schools in Illinois 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 Illinois to see which 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.
Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in General Visual & Performing Arts
Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Chicago the best value school in Illinois for general visual and performing arts students. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIC are $15,603 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Dominican University is a great value for general visual and performing arts students. Dominican U is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of River Forest.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Dominican U are $35,420 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Dominican U also is in the top 20% of our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Illinois ranking.
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The excellent programs at School of the Art Institute of Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in Illinois. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago undergraduate students pay an average of $50,623 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Request InformationBest Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
Explore all the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 10 |
| Ohio | 67 |
| Indiana | 26 |
| Wisconsin | 78 |
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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 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).
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