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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$19,465 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,822 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,053 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Illinois to see which graduate 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.

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Western Illinois University the best value school in Illinois for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at WIU are $12,182 per year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Western Illinois University Report

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Illinois. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SIUE are $9,316 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Northern Illinois University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Illinois. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at NIU are $11,390 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Illinois. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $17,823 per year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Report

#5

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

The excellent graduate certificate programs at DePaul University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value visual and performing arts schools in Illinois. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at DePaul University Report

#5

Roosevelt University

Chicago, IL

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Roosevelt University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Illinois list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Roosevelt graduate students pay an average of $21,605 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Roosevelt University Report

With a ranking of #7, School of the Art Institute of Chicago did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago graduate students pay an average of $45,601 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 417
Ohio 791
Wisconsin 146
Michigan 469

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 7 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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