2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

With 586 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #13 most popular major in District of Columbia.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia ranking.

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.

Check out the visual and performing arts graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate School

#1

American University

Washington, DC

3 Graduate Certificates

#3 in Quality in District of Columbia

$38,456 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named American University the best value school in District of Columbia for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. The American University is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The American University graduate students pay an average of $38,456 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

The American University also took the #3 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia rankings.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at American University

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Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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).
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