2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Illinois
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts 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.
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 Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 12 schools in Illinois 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.
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.
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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Illinois
Check out the visual and performing arts programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Columbia College Chicago the best value school in Illinois for visual and performing arts students. Columbia is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Columbia are $27,786 a year.
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The excellent programs at Illinois State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Illinois. Located in the midsize suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Illinois State are $13,968 a year.
Illinois State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Illinois list.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a large student population.
SIUE undergraduate students pay an average of $11,496 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Illinois list. WIU is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Macomb.
WIU undergraduate students pay an average of $13,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Northern Illinois University is a great value for visual and performing arts students. Located in the suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NIU are $14,738 a year.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
UIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $17,634 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UIUC is ranked #3 for overall quality for visual and performing arts in Illinois.
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University of Illinois at Chicago came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIC are $15,603 a year.
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Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for visual and performing arts students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.
SIUC undergraduate students pay an average of $15,240 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Roosevelt University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value visual and performing arts programs. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
Roosevelt undergraduate students pay an average of $31,493 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
With a ranking of #10, DePaul University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for visual and performing arts students. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.
DePaul undergraduate students pay an average of $42,012 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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 |
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Majors Related to Visual & Performing Arts
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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 12 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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