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2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools

48 Colleges
$25,134 Avg Salary
$26,019 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.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools ranking. This report analyzed 48 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Visual & Performing Arts program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Florida the most popular school in the United States for general visual and performing arts students. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#3

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

Out of the 48 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Academy of Art University is a moderately-sized private for-profit school located in the city of San Francisco.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Texas at Dallas. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools list. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools list. MCAD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for general visual and performing arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of California - San Diego landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general visual and performing arts programs. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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Columbus College of Art and Design landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Columbus, CCAD is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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California State University - Los Angeles ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools list. Cal State LA is a very large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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University of Southern California came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools ranking. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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General Visual & Performing Arts by Region

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New England
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 27 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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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