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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Region

4 Colleges
$23,272 Avg Salary
$36,554 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

The Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Region

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

Top Plains States Region Schools in General Visual & Performing Arts

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Our analysis found University of Iowa to be the best school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis College of Art and Design landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, MCAD is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Out of the 4 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

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The excellent programs at Missouri State University - Springfield helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in the Plains States Region . Missouri State is a very large public school located in the city of Springfield.

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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best general visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 3
Minnesota 17
Iowa 8

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General Visual & Performing Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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