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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$25,848 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,798 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 57 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general visual and performing arts is the #151 most popular major in Minnesota.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Minnesota ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Minnesota 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. 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.

2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Minnesota

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

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

#1

Century College

White Bear Lake, MN
$5,907 Average Tuition & Fees

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 Minnesota. Located in the large suburb of White Bear Lake, Century College is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Century College are $5,907 a year.

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$9,468 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Minnesota list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

MSU Moorhead undergraduate students pay an average of $9,468 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Hamline University

Saint Paul, MN
$46,221 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Hamline University is a great value for general visual and performing arts students. Hamline is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Paul.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Hamline are $46,221 a year.

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$41,794 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Minneapolis College of Art and Design helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in Minnesota. MCAD is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

MCAD undergraduate students pay an average of $41,794 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 111
Kansas 84
Iowa 28
Nebraska 0
South Dakota 7

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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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