2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

Visual & Performing Arts is the #17 most popular major in District of Columbia with 192 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 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 District of Columbia ranking.

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.

Check out the visual and performing arts graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate School

#1

American University

Washington, DC

3 Graduate Certificates

#3 in Quality in District of Columbia

$38,456 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found American University to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in District of Columbia. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at The American University are $38,456 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, The American University is ranked #3 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in District of Columbia.

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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).
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