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2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region

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$25,687 Avg Salary
$20,724 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general visual and performing arts was ranked #194 in the country. In fact 390 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Southwest Region 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Dallas the most popular school in the Southwest Region for general visual and performing arts students. UT Dallas is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Dallas Report

#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for general visual and performing arts students. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Texas Tech University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas A&M University - College Station. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Texas A&M University - College Station

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a great place for general visual and performing arts students. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best general visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 37
New Mexico 0

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 4 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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