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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

12 Colleges
$22,484 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,022 Avg Salary

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

With 1,911 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #11 most popular major in Missouri.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 12 schools in Missouri 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.

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.

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

#1

Truman State University

Kirksville, MO

Our analysis found Truman State University to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Missouri. Truman State is a small public school located in the town of Kirksville.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Truman State are $8,689 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Truman State also did well on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Out of the 12 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 2 spot on the list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mizzou are $11,475 per year.

Mizzou also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list, coming in at #2.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Missouri State University - Springfield is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri State are $8,294 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri Southern State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. Missouri Southern is a small public school located in the city of Joplin.

Missouri Southern undergraduate students pay an average of $7,762 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Central Missouri is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UCM undergraduate students pay an average of $9,078 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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University of Missouri - Kansas City came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMKC are $11,271 per year.

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#7

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, MO

Lindenwood University 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 #7 on the list. Lindenwood University is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Charles.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lindenwood University are $18,640 per year.

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Maryville University of Saint Louis 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 #8 on the list. Maryville U is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Maryville U are $27,166 per year.

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#9

Stephens College

Columbia, MO

With a ranking of #9, Stephens College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Stephens is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Stephens are $24,570 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Stephens also is in the top 20% of our Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Missouri ranking.

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#10

Webster University

Saint Louis, MO

Webster University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value bachelor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Webster is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Webster are $28,700 per year.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 920
Minnesota 1,711
Iowa 1,309
South Dakota 188
Nebraska 727
North Dakota 160

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 12 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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