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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

23 Colleges
$25,740 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,022 Avg Salary

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

With 149,215 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #10 most popular major in the United States.

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 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 the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region 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.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

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

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Idaho to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU - I is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the town of Rexburg.

BYU - I undergraduate students pay an average of $4,416 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Brigham Young University - Idaho Report

Out of the 23 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the # 2 spot on the list. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year.

BYU also claimed a spot on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Brigham Young University - Provo Report

#3

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Wyoming helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UW undergraduate students pay an average of $16,957 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Wyoming Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the small city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WSU are $16,644 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Northern Colorado is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Greeley.

University of Northern Colorado undergraduate students pay an average of $23,785 in tuition and fees each year.

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Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. RMCAD is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Lakewood.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at RMCAD are $21,615 per year.

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Utah Valley University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UVU are $17,092 a year.

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#8

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

University of Utah came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public college with a fairly large student population.

U of U undergraduate students pay an average of $28,345 in tuition and fees each year.

U of U excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Utah Report

#9

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

University of Idaho landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public school with a large student population.

U of I undergraduate students pay an average of $27,576 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU Anschutz are $26,376 per year.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 1,943
Utah 1,871
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 23 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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