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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$17,626 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,822 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 1,011 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Texas 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

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

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

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our analysis found Texas Tech University to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Texas. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $9,518 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Austin are $12,050 per year.

UT Austin not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Austin Report

#3

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas State University is a great value for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas State are $9,060 per year.

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Out of the 7 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Arlington landed the # 4 spot on the list. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Arlington are $10,853 per year.

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Out of the 7 schools in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Texas landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNT are $8,256 per year.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Texas

#6

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at TCU are $32,268 a year.

TCU also took the #4 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas rankings.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Texas Christian University Report

With a ranking of #7, Southern Methodist University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at SMU are $35,802 a year.

SMU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Southern Methodist University

Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 254
Oklahoma 126
New Mexico 43

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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