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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

14 Colleges
$26,565 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,022 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

Visual & Performing Arts is the #13 most popular major in Indiana with 2,306 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 14 schools in Indiana to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for visual and performing arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University - Main Campus the best value school in Indiana for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Purdue are $9,992 a year.

Purdue did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

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Out of the 14 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University - South Bend landed the # 2 spot on the list. Indiana University - South Bend is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of South Bend.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Indiana University - South Bend are $7,827 a year.

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#3

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ball State are $10,290 per year.

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#4

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Indiana State University is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the small city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Indiana State are $9,598 a year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Purdue University Fort Wayne helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Indiana. PFW is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at PFW are $8,857 a year.

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Indiana University - Bloomington did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.

IU Bloomington undergraduate students pay an average of $11,333 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

IU Bloomington excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list.

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#7

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

With a ranking of #7, University of Notre Dame did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Notre Dame are $58,843 per year.

Notre Dame also took the #1 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana rankings.

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#8

University of Evansville

Evansville, IN

University of Evansville came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. Located in the midsize city of Evansville, UE is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UE are $39,806 a year.

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Grace College and Theological Seminary ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Located in the town of Winona Lake, Grace College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Grace College undergraduate students pay an average of $25,044 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Taylor University

Upland, IN

With a ranking of #10, Taylor University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Upland, Taylor U is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Taylor U are $36,570 per year.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 3,433
Ohio 4,641
Illinois 5,502
Wisconsin 2,248

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 14 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.

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