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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Nevada

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$28,254 Avg Salary
$27,841 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 51 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Nevada college or university. This makes it the #12 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Nevada to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Nevada 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nevada - Las Vegas the most popular school in Nevada for visual and performing arts students. UNLV is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Las Vegas.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report

The excellent programs at University of Nevada - Reno helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Nevada. Located in the city of Reno, UNR is a public college with a very large student population.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Nevada - Reno

#3

Sierra Nevada College

Incline Village, NV

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Sierra Nevada College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Nevada list. Located in the distant town of Incline Village, SNC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Sierra Nevada College Report

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
California 2,548
Washington 130
Oregon 185
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 3 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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