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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region

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

Visual & Performing Arts is the #11 most popular major in the country with 18,379 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 20 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our 2023 rankings named The New England Conservatory of Music the most popular school in the New England Region for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. The New England Conservatory of Music is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Of the 18 students majoring in visual and performing arts at The New England Conservatory of Music, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#2

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 43% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Connecticut helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the New England Region . Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 62% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#4

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Women make up 67% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Longy School of Music of Bard College is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Longy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.

About 56% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 44% are male.

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Berklee College of Music came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the large city of Boston, Berklee College of Music is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Women make up 50% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Women make up 83% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#8

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Yale University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 50% are male.

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#8

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

About 75% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 25% are male.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Massachusetts Amherst did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 25% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

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State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 965
Rhode Island 54
Connecticut 395
New Hampshire 34
Maine 42
Vermont 73

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 20 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.

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