2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Illinois
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 1,053 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 13 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.
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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois
The following schools top our list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Illinois University the best school in Illinois for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. EIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the distant town of Charleston.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. UIUC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Champaign.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. WIU is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Macomb.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Illinois State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.
University of Illinois at Chicago ranked #6 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Roosevelt University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Roosevelt is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.
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With a ranking of #8, Southern Illinois University Carbondale did quite well on this year’s best schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public school with a large student population.
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Northern Illinois University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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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 |
|---|---|
| Indiana | 417 |
| Ohio | 791 |
| Wisconsin | 146 |
| Michigan | 469 |
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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 |
Most Popular Majors Related 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 13 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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