2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general visual and performing arts was ranked #119 in the country. In fact 6,355 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 15 schools in the Southwest 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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Top 10 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Austin Community College District the best value school in the Southwest Region for general visual and performing arts students. Located in the large city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Austin Community College District are $10,590 a year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Austin Community College District also is in the top 15% of our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology is a great value for general visual and performing arts students. OSU Institute of Technology is a small public school located in the distant town of Okmulgee.
OSU Institute of Technology undergraduate students pay an average of $11,384 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent programs at Grand Canyon University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Grand Canyon University are $17,189 per year. After completing their degree, visual arts graduates from Grand Canyon University carry an average student debtload of $26,847. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $181.
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Out of the 15 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas Tech are $24,121 per year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Tech also did well on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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The excellent programs at Pima Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in the Southwest Region . Pima County Community College District is a large public school located in the large city of Tucson.
Pima County Community College District undergraduate students pay an average of $7,566 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, visual arts majors at Pima County Community College District accumulate an average of around $9,770 in student debt.
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University of Advancing Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Advancing Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at University of Advancing Technology are $17,461 per year. The average amount in student loans that visual arts majors at University of Advancing Technology take out is $27,000.
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The University of Texas at Austin 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 Austin is a very large public school located in the large city of Austin.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Austin are $40,996 per year. The average amount in student loans that visual arts majors at UT Austin take out is $20,500. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $216, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UT Austin is ranked #2 for overall quality for visual arts in the Southwest Region .
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Rogers State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for general visual and performing arts students. It came in at #8 on the list. RSU is a small public school located in the fringe town of Claremore.
RSU undergraduate students pay an average of $15,960 in tuition and fees each year.
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Lubbock Christian University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for general visual and performing arts students. It came in at #9 on the list. LCU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Lubbock.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at LCU are $24,900 a year.
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University of Houston - Downtown came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UH Downtown is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UH Downtown are $17,196 per year. Visual Arts majors at UH Downtown take out an average of $22,500 in student loans while working on their egree.
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Request InformationBest General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best general visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Texas | 593 |
| Arizona | 138 |
| Oklahoma | 29 |
| New Mexico | 67 |
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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.
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 15 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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