2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree School for You
With 274 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #19 most popular major in North Carolina.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina
Check out the visual and performing arts master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top North Carolina Schools for a Master's in Visual & Performing Arts
Our 2023 rankings named Duke University the best school in North Carolina for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina School of the Arts. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNCSA is a small public school located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at North Carolina State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in North Carolina. NC State is a very large public school located in the large city of Raleigh.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in North Carolina. UNC Chapel Hill is a fairly large public school located in the city of Chapel Hill.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend East Carolina University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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Western Carolina University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. WCU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Cullowhee.
With a ranking of #7, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s best schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.
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Appalachian State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a very large student population.
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North Carolina Central University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. North Carolina Central University is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Durham.
Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 88 |
| Florida | 995 |
| Virginia | 522 |
| Tennessee | 156 |
| Georgia | 670 |
| South Carolina | 116 |
| Louisiana | 163 |
| West Virginia | 50 |
| Kentucky | 127 |
| Arkansas | 80 |
| Alabama | 86 |
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Visual & Performing Arts Related Rankings by Major
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 Related Majors
| 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 9 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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