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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Washington

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$29,174 Avg Salary
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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 130 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Washington college or university. This makes it the #18 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Washington 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Washington - Seattle Campus the most popular school in Washington for visual and performing arts students. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Seattle Film Institute

Seattle, WA

The excellent programs at Seattle Film Institute helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Washington. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle Film Institute is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#3

Seattle University

Seattle, WA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Seattle University is a great place for visual and performing arts students. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Washington list. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Central Washington University is a great place for visual and performing arts students. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public college with a large student population.

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Eastern Washington University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Washington ranking. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Western Washington University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Washington ranking. WWU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

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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
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

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 7 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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