2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Tennessee
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You
General Visual & Performing Arts is the #131 most popular major in Tennessee with 57 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
The Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Tennessee ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in Tennessee 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Tennessee Schools for Affordable Quality in General Visual & Performing Arts
Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Martin to be the best value school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. Located in the remote town of Martin, UT Martin is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
UT Martin undergraduate students pay an average of $9,912 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, visual arts majors at UT Martin accumulate an average of around $19,350 in student debt.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Lipscomb University is a great value for general visual and performing arts students. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.
Lipscomb undergraduate students pay an average of $35,752 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Lipscomb also took the #5 spot in our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Tennessee rankings.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 90 |
| Virginia | 255 |
| North Carolina | 73 |
| Florida | 945 |
| 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 Related Majors
| 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 2 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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