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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

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

In 2020-2021, 1,011 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Texas college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Texas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Texas to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top Texas Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Austin the best school in Texas for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin.

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#2

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Christian University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Texas. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. UT Arlington is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Arlington.

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#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Texas list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Southern Methodist University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. SMU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Dallas.

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With a ranking of #7, University of North Texas did quite well on this year’s best schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 254
Oklahoma 126
New Mexico 43

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

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 7 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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