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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$28,193 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$26,128 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #194 most popular major in the country with 390 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for visual 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.

2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Region

Check out the visual arts programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Southeast Region Schools for Affordable Quality in General Visual & Performing Arts

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA
$18,820 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Regent University to be the best value school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in the Southeast Region . Regent is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Virginia Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Regent are $18,820 a year.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Regent University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCF are $22,467 per year.

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#3

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The excellent programs at University of Florida helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in the Southeast Region . UF is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Gainesville.

UF undergraduate students pay an average of $28,659 in tuition and fees each year.

UF excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#4

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV
$25,824 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend West Virginia University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Morgantown, WVU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at WVU are $25,824 a year.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at West Virginia University Report

#5

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Mason University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GMU are $36,579 per year.

GMU also claimed a spot on our Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#6

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC
$34,438 Average Tuition & Fees

College of Charleston did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for general visual and performing arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Charleston, C of C is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at C of C are $34,438 per year.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at College of Charleston

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best general visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 11
Florida 98
Tennessee 0
South Carolina 4
Mississippi 0
West Virginia 4

More General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings in the Southeast Region

General Visual & Performing Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 1,704
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699

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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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