2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in California
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You
Out of the majors we analyze each year, visual and performing arts was ranked 9th in California. In fact, 2,548 were awarded in the state 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 Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 60 schools in California to see which 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.
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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in California
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools
Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern California the most popular school in California for visual and performing arts students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
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Out of the 60 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
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The excellent programs at New York Film Academy helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in California. New York Film Academy is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Burbank.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Los Angeles. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in California list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Los Angeles.
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The excellent programs at California Institute of the Arts helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in California. Located in the suburb of Valencia, CalArts is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Chapman University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in California list. Located in the midsize city of Orange, Chapman is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
San Francisco Conservatory of Music did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for visual and performing arts students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFCM is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
California State University - Northridge landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.
American Film Institute Conservatory came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in California ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, American Film Institute is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.
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Azusa Pacific University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for visual and performing arts students. It came in at #10 on the list. Azusa Pacific is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Azusa.
Honorable Mentions
Here are some additional popular schools for Visual & Performing Arts students in the state of California that almost earned our Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in California award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | California State University - Long Beach | Long Beach, CA |
| 12 | California College of the Arts | San Francisco, CA |
Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region
Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Washington | 130 |
| Oregon | 185 |
| Nevada | 51 |
| Hawaii | 26 |
| Alaska | 3 |
Visual & Performing Arts Related Majors
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 25 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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