Best colleges with Visual and Performing Arts degrees

There are 1834 colleges in the U.S. where you can study and earn a degree in visual and performing arts. These are the top ranked colleges offering majors in visual and performing arts based on the CollegeSimply ranking methodology. The average net price to attend these colleges is $18,217 per year. Oxnard College offers the cheapest visual and performing arts degree with an average net price of $1,085 annually.

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Major:Visual and Performin... Public Private For-Profit 4 Year 2 Year

  • Public 4 Year
  • Denver, CO
  • 3.0 | 5 reviews
  • Aug 1 application deadline

CU Denver is a public university known for undergraduate architecture, business, and engineering. The urban campuses include downtown Denver and the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.

#3 Best Value Colleges in Colorado 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 980-1220
  • Predicted Avg GPA 3.46
  • Acceptance Rate 75%
  • Net Price $14,831

  • Private 4 Year
  • Lake Forest, IL
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 15 application deadline

Lake Forest is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate economics, business, and biology. The residential campus sits in a North Shore suburb of Chicago near Lake Michigan.

#9 Best Private Colleges in Illinois 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1190-1393
  • Avg GPA 3.62
  • Acceptance Rate 57%
  • Net Price $31,225

  • Private 4 Year
  • Staten Island, NY
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 15 application deadline

Wagner is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate nursing, theater, and business. The hilltop campus on Staten Island overlooks New York Harbor.

#35 Best Private Colleges in New York 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1190-1290
  • Avg GPA 3.5
  • Acceptance Rate 88%
  • Net Price $28,033

  • Private 4 Year
  • Newport, RI
  • 4.0 | 2 reviews

Salve Regina is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and historic preservation. The Newport campus overlooks the Atlantic and incorporates several Gilded Age mansions.

#5 Best Private Colleges in Rhode Island 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1160-1330
  • Avg GPA 3.52
  • Acceptance Rate 68%
  • Net Price $38,307

  • Public 4 Year
  • Oxford, OH
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Miami University is a public university known for undergraduate business and education. The residential red-brick campus anchors the small college town of Oxford.

#2 Best Public Universities in Ohio 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1220-1390
  • Avg GPA 3.85
  • Acceptance Rate 75%
  • Net Price $28,229

  • Private 4 Year
  • Moraga, CA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jan 15 application deadline

Saint Mary's is a private Catholic college known for undergraduate business and a Great Books liberal arts program. The residential campus lies in the hills of Moraga in the East Bay.

#19 Best Private Colleges in California 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1070-1253
  • Avg GPA 3.6
  • Acceptance Rate 87%
  • Net Price $35,332

  • Private 4 Year
  • Syracuse, NY
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Le Moyne is a private Jesuit college known for undergraduate nursing, business, and biology. The suburban campus sits just outside downtown Syracuse.

#36 Best Private Colleges in New York 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1160-1330
  • Avg GPA 3.55
  • Acceptance Rate 83%
  • Net Price $23,702

  • Private 4 Year
  • Baltimore, MD
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

MICA is a private art and design college known for undergraduate illustration, graphic design, and fine arts. The urban campus lies in Baltimore's Station North Arts District.

#3 Best Private Colleges in Maryland 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1078-1305
  • Avg GPA 3.47
  • Acceptance Rate 77%
  • Net Price $47,834

  • Private 4 Year
  • Sioux Falls, SD
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews

Augustana is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, education, and business. The residential campus is in Sioux Falls, South Dakota's largest city.

#1 Best Value in South Dakota 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1150-1370
  • Avg GPA 3.76
  • Acceptance Rate 68%
  • Net Price $24,977

  • Private 4 Year
  • Kirkland, WA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Aug 1 application deadline

Northwest University is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing, ministry, and business. The suburban campus sits in Kirkland east of Seattle.

#2 Best Value Colleges in Washington 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1040-1350
  • Avg GPA 3.41
  • Acceptance Rate 83%
  • Net Price $24,251

  • Private 4 Year
  • Beverly, MA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 15 application deadline

Endicott is a private college known for undergraduate hospitality management, nursing, and business. The oceanfront campus sits along the North Shore coastline in Beverly.

#22 Best Private Colleges in Massachusetts 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1193-1340
  • Avg GPA 3.55
  • Acceptance Rate 71%
  • Net Price $41,394

  • Public 4 Year
  • New Paltz, NY
  • | 0 reviews
  • Apr 1 application deadline

SUNY New Paltz is a public university known for undergraduate fine arts, graphic design, and education. The campus sits in a Hudson Valley college town near the Shawangunk Mountains.

#8 Best Public Universities in New York 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1170-1340
  • Avg GPA 3.6
  • Acceptance Rate 62%
  • Net Price $18,051

  • Private 4 Year
  • Colchester, VT
  • | 0 reviews
  • Feb 1 application deadline

Saint Michael's is a private Catholic liberal arts college known for undergraduate education, biology, and business. The residential campus sits near Burlington and Lake Champlain in northwestern Vermont.

#3 Best Colleges in Vermont 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1120-1280
  • Avg GPA 3.27
  • Acceptance Rate 85%
  • Net Price $27,982

  • Public 4 Year
  • Houghton, MI
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews

Michigan Tech is a public university known for undergraduate engineering, computer science, and forestry. Students attend campus in the Upper Peninsula town of Houghton near Lake Superior.

#3 Best Value Colleges in Michigan 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1130-1350
  • Avg GPA 3.78
  • Acceptance Rate 92%
  • Net Price $16,879

  • Private 4 Year
  • Seattle, WA
  • | 0 reviews
  • Jul 11 application deadline

Seattle Pacific is a private Christian university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The urban campus sits in Seattle's Queen Anne neighborhood.

#6 Best Private Colleges in Washington 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1050-1320
  • Avg GPA 3.53
  • Acceptance Rate 83%
  • Net Price $25,232

  • Public 4 Year
  • Tucson, AZ
  • | 0 reviews

Arizona is a large public university known for undergraduate astronomy, optical sciences, and planetary science. The main campus sits in the Sonoran Desert in Tucson.

#1 Best Value in Arizona 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1150-1420
  • Avg GPA 3.48
  • Acceptance Rate 86%
  • Net Price $19,055

  • Public 4 Year
  • Winston Salem, NC
  • | 0 reviews
  • Mar 15 application deadline

UNCSA is a public arts conservatory known for undergraduate dance, drama, music, and filmmaking. Students train on a specialized campus in Winston-Salem devoted to intensive performing-arts study.

#3 Best Public Universities in North Carolina 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1140-1370
  • Avg GPA 3.75
  • Acceptance Rate 30%
  • Net Price $13,140

  • Private 4 Year
  • Denver, CO
  • 5.0 | 1 reviews
  • Aug 1 application deadline

Regis is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate nursing, health sciences, and business. The urban campus is in northwest Denver.

#2 Best Value Colleges in Colorado 7/10 Overall Rating
  • SAT Range 1020-1220
  • Avg GPA 3.68
  • Acceptance Rate 86%
  • Net Price $21,618