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2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Virginia

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$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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Virginia to see which 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.

Check out the visual arts programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Virginia.

#1

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Our analysis found George Mason University to be the most popular school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in Virginia. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.

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

#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

The excellent programs at Regent University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best 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 fairly large student population.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Regent University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Norfolk State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Virginia list. Located in the city of Norfolk, Norfolk State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Norfolk State University Report

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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 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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