2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree 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.
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To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 84 schools in the Southeast Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 15% Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools
Our analysis found Duke University to be the best school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southeast Region . Located in the large city of Durham, Duke is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Emory University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the large city of Atlanta, Emory is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Georgia Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Atlanta.
The excellent master’s degree programs at Virginia Tech helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Southeast Region . Virginia Tech is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Blacksburg.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Virginia - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Southeast Region . University of Virginia is a very large public school located in the small suburb of Charlottesville.
James Madison University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the small city of Harrisonburg, JMU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
University of Central Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.
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University of North Carolina School of the Arts came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public college with a small student population.
Auburn University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Auburn is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Auburn.
University of Kentucky landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.
The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga ranked #11 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Chattanooga, UT Chattanooga is a public school with a large student population.
Tulane University of Louisiana ranked #12 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Tulane is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New Orleans.
Additional Noteworthy Schools
These are some additional schools worth mentioning that are also great but just didn't quite make the cut to earn our top Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | The University of Tennessee - Knoxville | Knoxville, TN |
| 14 | University of Arkansas | Fayetteville, AR |
| 15 | Clemson University | Clemson, SC |
| 16 | University of Georgia | Athens, GA |
Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 88 |
| Florida | 995 |
| North Carolina | 274 |
| Virginia | 522 |
| Tennessee | 156 |
| Georgia | 670 |
| South Carolina | 116 |
| Louisiana | 163 |
| West Virginia | 50 |
| Kentucky | 127 |
| Arkansas | 80 |
| Alabama | 86 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Visual & Performing Arts
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 25 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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