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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$24,297 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,022 Avg Salary

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

With 274 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #14 most popular major in Maine.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maine ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maine to see which bachelor's 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.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Best Maine Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Visual & Performing Arts

Our analysis found University of Southern Maine to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Maine. Located in the city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at University of Southern Maine are $9,904 a year.

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#2

Maine College of Art

Portland, ME

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Maine College of Art. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maine list. Maine College of Art is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Portland.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Maine College of Art are $38,690 a year.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 931
Rhode Island 709
Massachusetts 5,195
Connecticut 1,531
Vermont 550

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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