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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$9,961 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,745 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 146 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #16 most popular major in Wisconsin.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Wisconsin to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Wisconsin to see which 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin

Check out the visual and performing arts programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Wisconsin Schools for Affordable Quality in Visual & Performing Arts

$9,553 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Wisconsin - Stout the best value school in Wisconsin for visual and performing arts students. UW - Stout is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Menomonie.

UW - Stout undergraduate students pay an average of $9,553 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$10,720 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Wisconsin - Madison helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Wisconsin. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UW - Madison are $10,720 a year.

UW - Madison did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin list.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Wisconsin - Madison Report

$9,610 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin list. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UWM are $9,610 a year.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

#4

Carthage College

Kenosha, WI
$33,000 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Carthage College is a great value for visual and performing arts students. Located in the midsize suburb of Kenosha, Carthage is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Carthage are $33,000 a year.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,053
Indiana 417
Ohio 791
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 4 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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