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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in New Mexico

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,604 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,160 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #57 most popular major in New Mexico with 67 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in New Mexico ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in New Mexico 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in New Mexico

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for visual arts majors pursuing a .

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in General Visual & Performing Arts

$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of New Mexico - Main Campus the best value school in New Mexico for general visual and performing arts students. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a very large student population.

UNM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,906 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that visual arts majors at UNM take out is $17,497.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great value for general visual and performing arts students. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $7,301 per year. On average, visual arts graduates from NMSU Main Campus take out $28,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 593
Arizona 138
Oklahoma 29

General Visual & Performing Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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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