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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$16,523 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,174 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 130 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in Washington to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Washington

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

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality in Visual & Performing Arts

$12,417 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Washington State University the best value school in Washington for visual and performing arts students. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

Wazzu undergraduate students pay an average of $12,417 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Seattle University

Seattle, WA
$49,335 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Washington list. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Seattle U are $49,335 per year.

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$8,685 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 6 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public school with a large student population.

CWU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,685 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Central Washington University Report

$8,703 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Washington University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Washington list. WWU is a large public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

WWU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,703 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$12,076 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Washington. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW Seattle are $12,076 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UW Seattle is ranked #4 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in Washington.

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$7,922 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #6, Eastern Washington University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EWU are $7,922 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
Oregon 185
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

Majors Similar to Visual & Performing Arts

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 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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