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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Minnesota

3 Colleges
$27,761 Avg Salary
$25,597 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

Visual & Performing Arts is the #19 most popular major in Minnesota with 133 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

The Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Minnesota to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Minnesota

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

Top Minnesota Schools in Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named University of Minnesota - Twin Cities the best school in Minnesota for visual and performing arts students. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minneapolis College of Art and Design is a great place for visual and performing arts students. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, MCAD is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Out of the 3 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the # 3 spot on the list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 125
Missouri 267
Iowa 163
North Dakota 16
Nebraska 93
South Dakota 16

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 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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