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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$5,563 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,983 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 3,471 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Virginia 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 Virginia

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Virginia Community College the best value school in Virginia for visual and performing arts students working on their associate degree. Northern Virginia Community College is a very large public school located in the suburb of Annandale.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Virginia Community College are $5,565 per year.

Northern Virginia Community College also took the #5 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Virginia rankings.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Northern Virginia Community College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Tidewater Community College is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their associate degree. Tidewater Community College is a large public school located in the city of Norfolk.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Tidewater Community College are $5,561 per year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Tidewater Community College Report

Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,215
West Virginia 405
South Carolina 1,360
Florida 7,291
Arkansas 830
Mississippi 696
Tennessee 2,629
Louisiana 1,147
Alabama 1,142
Kentucky 1,067
Georgia 4,322

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 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 Bonnielou2013.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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