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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$31,538 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,100 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate 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. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Visual & Performing Arts

#1

The Ailey School

New York, NY

Our 2023 rankings named The Ailey School the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for visual and performing arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of New York, The Ailey School is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at The Ailey School are $13,789 a year.

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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Harrisburg Area Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . HACC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Harrisburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at HACC are $9,818 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of New York City, Neighborhood Playhouse School is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Neighborhood Playhouse School are $17,400 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend American Musical and Dramatic Academy. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. American Musical and Dramatic Academy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at American Musical and Dramatic Academy are $42,960 a year.

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#5

Nassau Community College

Garden City, NY

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Nassau Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Garden City, Nassau Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Nassau Community College are $12,130 a year.

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With a ranking of #6, American Academy of Dramatic Arts - New York did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. American Academy of Dramatic Arts - New York is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at American Academy of Dramatic Arts - New York are $37,230 a year.

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Catholic University of America came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CUA are $52,156 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, CUA also did well on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. PAFA is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at PAFA are $40,376 a year.

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George Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at GWU are $57,984 a year.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 2,574
Pennsylvania 5,464
New York 16,536
Maryland 2,055
Delaware 182
District of Columbia 586

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 9 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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