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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

Visual & Performing Arts is the #11 most popular major in the country with 18,379 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

Check out the visual and performing arts graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Connecticut the best school in the New England Region for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Tufts University

Medford, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Medford.

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#3

Yale University

New Haven, CT

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Yale University is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Longy School of Music of Bard College is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Longy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

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University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Massachusetts College of Art and Design did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a small public school located in the city of Boston.

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Berklee College of Music landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Boston, Berklee College of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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With a ranking of #10, The New England Conservatory of Music did quite well on this year’s best schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. The New England Conservatory of Music is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 965
Rhode Island 54
Connecticut 395
New Hampshire 34
Maine 42
Vermont 73

Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

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
Arts & Media Management 1,184
General Visual & Performing Arts 390
Dance 257
Other Visual Art 254
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry 13

Majors Similar to Visual & Performing Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Theology & Religious Vocations 17,287
English Language & Literature 9,566
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 4,163
Philosophy & Religious Studies 3,136
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 2,680

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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