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Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia

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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

Visual & Performing Arts is the #17 most popular major in District of Columbia with 192 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the most popular school in District of Columbia for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 12 students majoring in visual and performing arts at GWU, 75% are male and 25% are female.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at George Washington University Report

#2

American University

Washington, DC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Of the 3 students majoring in visual and performing arts at The American University, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at American University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in District of Columbia list. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Catholic University of America

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 3,135
Pennsylvania 745
Maryland 493
New Jersey 187
Delaware 34

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 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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