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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

16 Colleges
$23,366 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,022 Avg Salary

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

Visual & Performing Arts is the #12 most popular major in New Jersey with 2,574 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 16 schools in New Jersey 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.

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.

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

Our analysis found The College of New Jersey to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in New Jersey. TCNJ is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Ewing.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at TCNJ are $17,287 per year.

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

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#2

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rowan University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Located in the suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rowan are $14,376 per year.

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Out of the 16 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey Institute of Technology landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Newark, NJIT is a public school with a fairly large student population.

NJIT undergraduate students pay an average of $18,016 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

NJIT also took the #5 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey rankings.

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#2

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey list. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

Montclair State undergraduate students pay an average of $13,298 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Kean University

Union, NJ

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Kean University is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Kean is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Union.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Kean are $12,595 a year.

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Rutgers University - Camden 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 small city of Camden, Rutgers Camden is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Rutgers Camden undergraduate students pay an average of $15,657 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Ramapo College of New Jersey landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large suburb of Mahwah, Ramapo College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Ramapo College are $14,952 a year.

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With a ranking of #8, Rutgers University - New Brunswick 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 city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Rutgers New Brunswick are $15,804 per year.

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With a ranking of #8, Rutgers University - Newark 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 large city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Rutgers Newark undergraduate students pay an average of $15,208 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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William Paterson University of New Jersey came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. Located in the suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at William Paterson University are $14,208 a year.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 5,464
New York 16,536
Maryland 2,055
Delaware 182
District of Columbia 586

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

Majors Similar to Visual & Performing Arts

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 16 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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