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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$7,922 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,520 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 78 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general visual and performing arts is the #128 most popular major in Wisconsin.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Wisconsin to see which ones offered the best value programs for visual arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin

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

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality in General Visual & Performing Arts

$4,793 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Milwaukee Area Technical College to be the best value school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in Wisconsin. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, MATC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

MATC undergraduate students pay an average of $4,793 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$7,730 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin list. UW - Whitewater is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Whitewater.

UW - Whitewater undergraduate students pay an average of $7,730 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that visual arts majors at UW - Whitewater take out is $27,000.

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$9,553 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin list. UW - Stout is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Menomonie.

UW - Stout undergraduate students pay an average of $9,553 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, visual arts majors at UW - Stout accumulate an average of around $30,005 in student debt.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UW - Stout also did well on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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$9,610 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UWM are $9,610 a year. After completing their degree, visual arts graduates from UWM carry an average student debtload of $26,000.

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Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 10
Ohio 67
Illinois 62
Indiana 26

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 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.

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