2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #49 most popular major in Mississippi with 156 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Mississippi ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Mississippi 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. 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 Mississippi

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

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

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

42 Degrees

#2 in Quality in Mississippi

$9,220 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Mississippi State University the best value school in Mississippi for general visual and performing arts students. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Mississippi State undergraduate students pay an average of $9,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Visual Arts majors at Mississippi State take out an average of $28,750 in student loans while working on their egree.

Mississippi State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Mississippi list.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Mississippi State University Report

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, MS

22 Degrees

#11 in Quality in Mississippi

$9,204 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Mississippi list. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Southern Miss are $9,204 per year.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Southern Mississippi Report

#3

Mississippi University for Women

Columbus, MS

4 Degrees

#4 in Quality in Mississippi

$7,756 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi University for Women landed the # 3 spot on the list. MUW is a small public school located in the remote town of Columbus.

MUW undergraduate students pay an average of $7,756 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that visual arts majors at MUW take out is $27,373.

MUW also made our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #4.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Mississippi University for Women Report

Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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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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