2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 149,215 visual and performing arts students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 18 schools in the Southeast 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Liberty University the best value school in the Southeast Region for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Liberty University are $8,360 per year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Central Arkansas is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCA are $11,835 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Alabama. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Florence, UNA is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNA are $13,860 per year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Columbus State University is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbus, CSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at CSU are $13,264 a year.
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Out of the 18 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina School of the Arts landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public college with a small student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNCSA are $26,343 per year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida International University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. FIU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Miami.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at FIU are $24,211 per year.
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The University of Tennessee - Knoxville did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Knoxville are $31,798 a year.
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University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. UofSC is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
UofSC graduate students pay an average of $30,160 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UofSC also is in the top 15% of our Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking.
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University of Kentucky landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. UK is a very large public school located in the large city of Lexington.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UK are $33,548 per year.
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With a ranking of #10, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNC Greensboro are $21,983 a year.
Request InformationBest Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3,215 |
| West Virginia | 405 |
| Mississippi | 696 |
| South Carolina | 1,360 |
| Florida | 7,291 |
| Virginia | 3,471 |
| Arkansas | 830 |
| Alabama | 1,142 |
| Kentucky | 1,067 |
| Georgia | 4,322 |
| Tennessee | 2,629 |
| Louisiana | 1,147 |
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Visual & Performing Arts Related Majors for 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 Related Majors
| 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 18 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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