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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,863 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,183 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 6,355 people earned a degree or certificate in general visual and performing arts, making the major the #119 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate certificate 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States

Check out the visual arts undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in General Visual & Performing Arts

Our analysis found Spokane Falls Community College to be the best value school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Spokane Falls Community College is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Spokane.

Spokane Falls Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,135 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Spokane Falls Community College is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools list.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Spokane Falls Community College Report

Out of the 2 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the # 2 spot on the list. 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.

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General Visual & Performing Arts by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 10 majors within the area of study, general visual and performing arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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