2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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.
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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the New England Region to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for visual and performing arts students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Visual & Performing Arts
Our analysis found Boston University to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the New England Region . Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
Boston U undergraduate students pay an average of $59,816 in tuition and fees each year.
As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Boston U also is in the top 15% of our Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking.
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Out of the 6 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 college with a small student population.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design undergraduate students pay an average of $39,800 in tuition and fees each year.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Tufts University 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 . Located in the suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Tufts undergraduate students pay an average of $63,000 in tuition and fees each year.
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Out of the 6 schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Longy School of Music of Bard College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Longy is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
Longy undergraduate students pay an average of $48,800 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Berklee College of Music is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Berklee College of Music is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Berklee College of Music are $46,800 a year.
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With a ranking of #6, Yale University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New Haven.
Yale undergraduate students pay an average of $59,950 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 6 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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