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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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

With 274 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #19 most popular major in North Carolina.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in North Carolina 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named University of North Carolina School of the Arts the most popular school in North Carolina for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. UNCSA is a small public school located in the city of Winston-Salem.

About 78% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 22% are male.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Carolina School of the Arts

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

Women make up 63% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report

#3

Salem College

Winston-Salem, NC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Salem College is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, Salem is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 33% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Salem College

#4

Greensboro College

Greensboro, NC

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Greensboro College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in North Carolina. Greensboro College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Greensboro.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Greensboro College

#4

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means East Carolina University is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at East Carolina University

#4

Mars Hill University

Mars Hill, NC

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Mars Hill University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in North Carolina. Mars Hill is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Mars Hill.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Charlotte is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Carolina at Charlotte

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Appalachian State University is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a very large student population.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Appalachian State University Report

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 88
Florida 995
Virginia 522
Tennessee 156
Georgia 670
South Carolina 116
Louisiana 163
West Virginia 50
Kentucky 127
Arkansas 80
Alabama 86

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 8 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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