2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate 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.
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.
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 the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Connecticut the best value school in the New England Region for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. UCONN is a very large public school located in the suburb of Storrs.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 per year.
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Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Art and Design landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Boston, Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public school with a small student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Massachusetts College of Art and Design are $24,000 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Massachusetts Amherst helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in the New England Region . UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 a year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Yale University is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Yale are $45,700 a year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Yale also did well on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
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Out of the 10 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 per year.
Tufts also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list, coming in at #2.
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Longy School of Music of Bard College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Cambridge, Longy is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Longy are $48,800 per year.
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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Dartmouth is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMass Dartmouth are $30,153 a year.
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Boston University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Boston U are $59,418 per year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Boston U is ranked #5 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in the New England Region .
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With a ranking of #9, Berklee College of Music did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Berklee College of Music is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
Berklee College of Music graduate students pay an average of $47,047 in tuition and fees each year.
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The New England Conservatory of Music landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of Boston, The New England Conservatory of Music is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
The New England Conservatory of Music graduate students pay an average of $53,730 in tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 931 |
| Maine | 274 |
| Rhode Island | 709 |
| Massachusetts | 5,195 |
| Connecticut | 1,531 |
| Vermont | 550 |
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Majors Related to Visual & Performing Arts
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 10 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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