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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree School for You

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #194 most popular major in the country with 390 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 28 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found University of Central Florida to be the best school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. UCF is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Orlando.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools list. UM is a fairly large public school located in the city of Missoula.

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#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools list. Carnegie Mellon is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public school with a very large student population.

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#5

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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Columbia University in the City of New York did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general visual and performing arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Columbia is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

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University of California - San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general visual and performing arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s best schools for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Richardson.

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With a ranking of #9, Minneapolis College of Art and Design did quite well on this year’s best schools for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. MCAD is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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#10

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

Regent University ranked #10 on this year’s Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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General Visual & Performing Arts by Region

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One of 9 majors within the area of study, general visual and performing arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Visual Arts

Related 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

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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