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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arizona

4 Colleges
$27,745 Avg Salary
$22,550 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 254 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #15 most popular major in Arizona.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arizona ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Arizona to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arizona

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

Top Arizona Schools in Visual & Performing Arts

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arizona the best school in Arizona for visual and performing arts students. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent programs at Northern Arizona University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Arizona. Located in the city of Flagstaff, NAU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Tempe is a great place for visual and performing arts students. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the city of Tempe.

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Out of the 4 schools in Arizona that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the # 4 spot on the list. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the city of Scottsdale.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,011
Oklahoma 126
New Mexico 43

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 4 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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