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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Rhode Island

2 Colleges
$28,667 Avg Salary
$22,440 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 54 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #15 most popular major in Rhode Island.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Rhode Island

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

Top Rhode Island Schools in Visual & Performing Arts

#1

Brown University

Providence, RI

Our 2023 rankings named Brown University the best school in Rhode Island for visual and performing arts students. Brown is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Providence.

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The excellent programs at Rhode Island School of Design helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Rhode Island. Located in the city of Providence, RISD is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Rhode Island School of Design Report

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 965
Connecticut 395
New Hampshire 34
Maine 42
Vermont 73

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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