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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$53,825 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,351 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts 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 Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in District of Columbia 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.

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.

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

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Visual & Performing Arts

#1

American University

Washington, DC

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at The American University are $51,334 a year.

The American University also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #3.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means George Washington University is a great value for visual and performing arts students. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

GWU undergraduate students pay an average of $57,984 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GWU also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #2.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at George Washington University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Catholic University of America. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in District of Columbia list. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CUA are $52,156 a year.

CUA also made our Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #4.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Catholic University of America

Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,135
Pennsylvania 745
Maryland 493
New Jersey 187
Delaware 34

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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

Majors Similar 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 3 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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