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2023 Best Value Other Visual Art Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$37,776 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,732 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Other Visual Art School for You

With 79 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, other visual art is the #230 most popular major in California.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Other Visual Art Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for other visual art 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. 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 Other Visual Art Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in Other Visual Art

$13,775 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of California - Irvine to be the best value school for other visual art students who want to pursue a degree in California. UC Irvine is a very large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Irvine are $13,775 per year.

Full Other Visual Art at University of California - Irvine Report

$14,070 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Santa Cruz landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UC Santa Cruz are $14,070 per year.

Read full report on Other Visual Art at University of California - Santa Cruz

$61,503 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern California landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at USC are $61,503 a year.

USC excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Other Visual Art Schools in California list.

Full Other Visual Art at University of Southern California Report

#4

San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco, CA
$46,064 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco Art Institute. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Other Visual Art Schools in California list. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFAI is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SFAI are $46,064 per year.

Read full report on Other Visual Art at San Francisco Art Institute

$53,466 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means California Institute of the Arts is a great value for other visual art students. Located in the suburb of Valencia, CalArts is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CalArts are $53,466 per year.

Read full report on Other Visual Art at California Institute of the Arts

Best Value Other Visual Art Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Other Visual Art Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 12
Oregon 10
Hawaii 6

One of 10 majors within the area of study, other visual art 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 5 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 Bonnielou2013.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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