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Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Virginia

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2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Virginia

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Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree 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 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 Master's Degree Schools in Virginia ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Virginia to see which master's degree programs were the most popular 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Our 2023 rankings named George Mason University the most popular school in Virginia for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. GMU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.

Of the 6 students majoring in visual arts at GMU, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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

#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Regent University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general visual and performing arts schools in Virginia. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in visual arts at the school are women while 50% are male.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Regent University Report

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Norfolk State University is a great place for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk, Norfolk State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Norfolk State University

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges 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 3 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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