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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$5,441 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,983 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, visual and performing arts was ranked 10th in Utah. In fact, 1,871 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Utah ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Utah to see which associate degree programs offered the best value experiences for visual and performing 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 Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Utah

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

Best Utah Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Visual & Performing Arts

#1

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, UT

Our 2023 rankings named Salt Lake Community College the best value school in Utah for visual and performing arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Community College is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Salt Lake Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $4,086 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Salt Lake Community College is ranked #3 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in Utah.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Utah Valley University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Utah list. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UVU are $6,010 a year.

UVU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Utah list.

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Out of the 3 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $6,228 per year.

WSU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Utah list.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,943
Montana 318
Idaho 591
Wyoming 179

Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

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
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355
Arts & Media Management 4,788
Dance 3,288
Other Visual Art 912
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry 119
Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art 10

Related Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 556,813
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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