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Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Kentucky

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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Kentucky

3 Colleges
$26,759 Avg Salary
$26,301 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 127 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #16 most popular major in Kentucky.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Kentucky to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Kentucky

The following schools top our list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges.

Top Kentucky Schools in Visual & Performing Arts

#1

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

Our 2023 rankings named University of Kentucky the best school in Kentucky for visual and performing arts students. Located in the city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Kentucky Report

The excellent programs at Morehead State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Kentucky. Located in the remote town of Morehead, Morehead State University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#3

University of Louisville

Louisville, KY

The excellent programs at University of Louisville helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Kentucky. Located in the large city of Louisville, UofL is a public college with a very large student population.

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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
North Carolina 274
Georgia 670
West Virginia 50
Louisiana 163
South Carolina 116
Arkansas 80
Alabama 86

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 3 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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