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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Oregon

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$22,144 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,618 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 185 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #14 most popular major in Oregon.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Oregon to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Oregon to see which 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Oregon

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a .

Best Oregon Schools for Affordable Quality in Visual & Performing Arts

$9,807 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Portland State University to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in Oregon. Located in the large city of Portland, Portland State University is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Portland State University are $9,807 a year.

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#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR
$13,856 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Eugene, UO is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UO are $13,856 per year.

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$42,768 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific Northwest College of Art landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Portland, Pacific Northwest College of Art is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pacific Northwest College of Art are $42,768 per year.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 2,548
Washington 130
Nevada 51
Hawaii 26
Alaska 3

Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

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
Arts & Media Management 1,184
General Visual & Performing Arts 390
Dance 257
Other Visual Art 254
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry 13

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theology & Religious Vocations 17,287
English Language & Literature 9,566
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 4,163
Philosophy & Religious Studies 3,136
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 2,680

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.

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