2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Vermont

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 81 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general visual and performing arts is the #39 most popular major in Vermont.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Vermont to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Vermont 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.

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. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Vermont

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

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

#1

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, VT

10 Degrees

#8 in Quality in Vermont

$12,804 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Vermont University the best value school in Vermont for general visual and performing arts students. Located in the rural area of Johnson, Northern Vermont University is a public college with a small student population.

Northern Vermont University undergraduate students pay an average of $12,804 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Champlain College

Burlington, VT

38 Degrees

#4 in Quality in Vermont

$42,984 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Champlain College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Vermont list. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Burlington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Champlain are $42,984 a year. While working on their degree, visual arts majors at Champlain accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $933.

Champlain did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Vermont list.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Champlain College Report

#3

Bennington College

Bennington, VT

33 Degrees

#9 in Quality in Vermont

$59,638 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Bennington College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in Vermont. Located in the town of Bennington, Bennington is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Bennington are $59,638 a year. After completing their degree, visual arts graduates from Bennington carry an average student debtload of $27,000.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Bennington College Report

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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 Majors Related to Visual Arts

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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