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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin

4 Colleges
$27,745 Avg Salary
$26,721 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 146 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #16 most popular major in Wisconsin.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Wisconsin to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Wisconsin

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

Top Wisconsin Schools in Visual & Performing Arts

Our analysis found University of Wisconsin - Madison to be the best school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in Wisconsin. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Wisconsin - Stout helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Wisconsin. UW - Stout is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Menomonie.

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#3

Carthage College

Kenosha, WI

The excellent programs at Carthage College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Wisconsin. Located in the midsize suburb of Kenosha, Carthage is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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The excellent programs at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Wisconsin. Located in the large city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee Report

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 1,053
Indiana 417
Ohio 791
Michigan 469

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 4 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Bonnielou2013.

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