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Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, visual and performing arts was ranked #11 in the country. In fact 18,379 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Visual & Performing Arts program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in the Far Western US Region for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 48% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Los Angeles helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the Far Western US Region . UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

About 48% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 52% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Washington - Seattle Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 52% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 48% are male.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of California - Berkeley helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the Far Western US Region . UC Berkeley is a very large public school located in the city of Berkeley.

About 56% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 44% are male.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of California - Berkeley Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of California - San Diego helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the large city of La Jolla, UCSD is a public college with a very large student population.

About 20% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 80% are male.

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University of California - Santa Barbara ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. UCSB is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara.

About 79% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 21% are male.

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#7

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Stanford, Stanford is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 30% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 70% are male.

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#7

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

University of Oregon landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the midsize city of Eugene, UO is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UO, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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University of California - Santa Cruz did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for visual and performing arts students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a large student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 33% are male.

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University of California - Irvine did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for visual and performing arts students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. UC Irvine is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Irvine.

About 43% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 57% are male.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of California - Irvine Report

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
California 2,548
Washington 130
Oregon 185
Nevada 51
Hawaii 26
Alaska 3

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 17 schools only.

  • 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.

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