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2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Pennsylvania

2 Colleges
$24,747 Avg Salary
$24,739 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 8 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general visual and performing arts is the #203 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual arts majors pursuing a .

#1

Wilson College

Chambersburg, PA

Our 2023 rankings named Wilson College the most popular school in Pennsylvania for general visual and performing arts students. Wilson is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Chambersburg.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Wilson College Report

#2

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

The excellent programs at Carnegie Mellon University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in Pennsylvania. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Carnegie Mellon University

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 30
Maryland 0
New Jersey 0

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.

  • 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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