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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Virginia

2 Colleges
$23,529 Avg Salary
$23,281 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 11 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general visual and performing arts is the #151 most popular major in Virginia.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Virginia

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

Top Virginia Schools in General Visual & Performing Arts

#1

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

Our analysis found Regent University to be the best school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in Virginia. Located in the large city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Regent University Report

#2

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Out of the 2 schools in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the # 2 spot on the list. GMU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at George Mason University

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 98
Tennessee 0
South Carolina 4
Mississippi 0
West Virginia 4

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

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 2 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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