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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

5 Colleges
$21,762 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,265 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #119 most popular major in the country with 6,355 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

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 the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges.

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in General Visual & Performing Arts

$28,476 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Montana the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for general visual and performing arts students. UM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Missoula.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UM are $28,476 a year.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at The University of Montana Report

#2

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, UT

Out of the 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salt Lake Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Salt Lake Community College is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Salt Lake City.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Salt Lake Community College are $12,734 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Salt Lake Community College also did well on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

The excellent programs at University of Utah helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . U of U is a very large public school located in the city of Salt Lake City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of U are $28,345 per year.

U of U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Utah Report

#4

Dixie State University

Saint George, UT
$16,986 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dixie State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Dixie State College is a large public school located in the city of Saint George.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Dixie State College are $16,986 a year.

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$22,270 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCCS are $22,270 per year. While working on their degree, visual arts majors at UCCS accumulate an average of around $28,500 in student debt.

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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best general visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 56
Utah 24
Montana 14
Wyoming 0

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General Visual & Performing Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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 5 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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