2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You
General Visual & Performing Arts is the #119 most popular major in the country with 6,355 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.
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 the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Plains States Region 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. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools
Our analysis found Century College to be the best value school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the large suburb of White Bear Lake, Century College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
Century College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,907 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Saint Louis Community College is a great value for general visual and performing arts students. Saint Louis Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Saint Louis Community College are $7,155 per year.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
MSU Moorhead undergraduate students pay an average of $17,564 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Missouri State University - Springfield is a great value for general visual and performing arts students. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri State are $16,498 per year.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Iowa landed the # 5 spot on the list. Iowa is a very large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa are $31,905 per year.
Iowa excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value general visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Mizzou are $30,450 a year. While working on their degree, visual arts majors at Mizzou accumulate an average of around $24,102 in student debt.
In addition to its great value ranking, Mizzou is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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Southeast Missouri State University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Cape Girardeau, Southeast Missouri State University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Southeast Missouri State University undergraduate students pay an average of $15,285 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that visual arts majors at Southeast Missouri State University take out is $25,894.
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Maryville University of Saint Louis 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. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Maryville U are $27,166 a year.
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Iowa 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 #9 on the list. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Iowa State are $25,446 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Iowa State also did well on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Wichita State University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value general visual and performing arts programs. WSU is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Wichita.
WSU undergraduate students pay an average of $18,165 in tuition and fees each year. On average, visual arts graduates from WSU take out $24,989 in student loans while working on their degree.
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Request InformationBest General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best general visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 111 |
| Minnesota | 57 |
| Kansas | 84 |
| Iowa | 28 |
| Nebraska | 0 |
| South Dakota | 7 |
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General Visual & Performing Arts Related Majors for Visual Arts
General Visual & Performing Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.
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 12 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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