2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Florida
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You
In 2020-2021, 945 degrees and certificates were awarded to general visual and performing arts students who went to a Florida college or university. This makes it the #50 most popular major in the state.
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.
The Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Florida ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in Florida 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.
Best Florida Schools for Affordable Quality in General Visual & Performing Arts
Our analysis found Valencia College to be the best value school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in Florida. Located in the large city of Orlando, Valencia College is a public college with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Valencia College are $2,474 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Seminole State College of Florida is a great value for general visual and performing arts students. Seminole State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Sanford.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Seminole State are $3,131 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Florida list. UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UF are $6,381 per year. While working on their degree, visual arts majors at UF accumulate an average of around $19,383 in student debt.
UF also took the #3 spot in our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Florida rankings.
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The excellent programs at University of Central Florida helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in Florida. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCF are $6,368 a year. Visual Arts majors at UCF take out an average of $23,000 in student loans while working on their egree.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UCF also is in the top 15% of our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Florida ranking.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Florida Gulf Coast University is a great value for general visual and performing arts students. FGCU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Fort Myers.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FGCU are $6,118 per year.
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Full Sail University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Florida list. Located in the large suburb of Winter Park, Full Sail University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.
Full Sail University undergraduate students pay an average of $25,687 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, visual arts graduates from Full Sail University carry an average student debtload of $27,500. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $442, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
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The University of Tampa did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for general visual and performing arts students. It came in at #7 on the list. UT is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Tampa.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT are $31,274 per year.
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With a ranking of #8, Stetson University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general visual and performing arts students. Located in the small city of DeLand, Stetson is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Stetson are $50,800 per year. While working on their degree, visual arts majors at Stetson accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.
Request InformationBest Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 90 |
| Virginia | 255 |
| North Carolina | 73 |
| Tennessee | 57 |
| Kentucky | 52 |
| South Carolina | 19 |
| Louisiana | 39 |
| Arkansas | 5 |
| Alabama | 4 |
| Mississippi | 156 |
| West Virginia | 23 |
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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
| 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 8 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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