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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in New Mexico

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$5,630 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$19,139 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 493 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #11 most popular major in New Mexico.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in New Mexico to see which ones offered the best value programs for visual and performing arts students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in New Mexico

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges.

Best New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Visual & Performing Arts

$1,684 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the best value school in New Mexico for visual and performing arts students. CNM is a large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CNM are $1,684 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CNM is ranked #5 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in New Mexico.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Central New Mexico Community College Report

$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in New Mexico list. NMSU Main Campus is a large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NMSU Main Campus are $7,301 a year. Visual & Performing Arts majors at NMSU Main Campus take out an average of $24,188 in student loans while working on their egree.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in New Mexico that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public school with a very large student population.

UNM undergraduate students pay an average of $7,906 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, visual and performing arts graduates from UNM carry an average student debtload of $21,648.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,294
Texas 7,696
Oklahoma 1,205

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

Majors Similar 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 3 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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