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Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

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

In 2020-2021, 1,053 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 6 schools in Illinois to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs 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.

Check out the visual and performing arts doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Illinois.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the most popular school in Illinois for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. UIUC is a very large public school located in the small city of Champaign.

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

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

Women make up 41% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#3

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Chicago is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Chicago, UChicago is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Women make up 47% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Illinois at Chicago is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UIC, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Illinois at Chicago Report

Out of the 6 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois Institute of Technology landed the # 5 spot on the list. Illinois Tech is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Illinois Institute of Technology Report

Northern Illinois University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 417
Ohio 791
Wisconsin 146
Michigan 469

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 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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