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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arizona

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$12,062 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,320 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #119 most popular major in Arizona with 138 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Arizona to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Arizona 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.

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.

2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arizona

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

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

$2,250 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Pima Community College the best value school in Arizona for general visual and performing arts students. Pima County Community College District is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Pima County Community College District are $2,250 a year. After completing their degree, visual arts graduates from Pima County Community College District carry an average student debtload of $9,770.

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$11,348 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 2 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ASU - Tempe are $11,348 a year. On average, visual arts graduates from ASU - Tempe take out $22,094 in student loans while working on their degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $351, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#3

Grand Canyon University

Phoenix, AZ
$17,189 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Grand Canyon University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arizona list. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Grand Canyon University are $17,189 a year. The average amount in student loans that visual arts majors at Grand Canyon University take out is $26,847. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $181.

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$17,461 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Advancing Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. University of Advancing Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Advancing Technology are $17,461 a year. On average, visual arts graduates from University of Advancing Technology take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

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

Explore all the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 593
Oklahoma 29
New Mexico 67

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 4 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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