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2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arkansas

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$8,945 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,897 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 80 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #13 most popular major in Arkansas.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arkansas ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Arkansas 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arkansas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a .

Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality in Visual & Performing Arts

$9,563 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Arkansas the best value school in Arkansas for visual and performing arts students. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UCA are $9,563 a year.

UCA not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arkansas list.

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$7,130 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arkansas State University - Main Campus is a great value for visual and performing arts students. A-State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Jonesboro.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at A-State are $7,130 per year.

A-State also took the #5 spot in our Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arkansas rankings.

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#3

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR
$9,574 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arkansas list. UARK is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Fayetteville.

UARK undergraduate students pay an average of $9,574 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UARK not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arkansas list.

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$9,512 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the city of Little Rock, UA Little Rock is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UA Little Rock are $9,512 per year.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 88
Florida 995
North Carolina 274
Virginia 522
Tennessee 156
Georgia 670
South Carolina 116
Louisiana 163
West Virginia 50
Kentucky 127
Alabama 86

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.

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