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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$59,297 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,667 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 54 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #15 most popular major in Rhode Island.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Rhode Island ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island 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. 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 Rhode Island

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

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Visual & Performing Arts

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI
$62,304 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Brown University to be the best value school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in Rhode Island. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

Brown undergraduate students pay an average of $62,304 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Brown did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Rhode Island list.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Brown University

$56,290 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island School of Design. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Rhode Island list. Located in the midsize city of Providence, RISD is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

RISD undergraduate students pay an average of $56,290 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 965
Connecticut 395
New Hampshire 34
Maine 42
Vermont 73

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 2 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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