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2023 Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$41,794 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,798 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 17 degrees and certificates were awarded to general visual and performing arts students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #112 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Minnesota ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges.

Best General Visual & Performing Arts School

$41,794 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Minneapolis College of Art and Design the best value school in Minnesota for general visual and performing arts students. MCAD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

MCAD undergraduate students pay an average of $41,794 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design Report

Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 3
Iowa 8

One of 9 majors within the area of study, general visual and performing arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 values are for the top school 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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