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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest 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.

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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 the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 19 schools in the Southwest 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.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Southern Methodist University the most popular school in the Southwest Region for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school 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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#2

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Out of the 19 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Christian University landed the # 2 spot on the list. TCU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Worth.

About 36% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 64% are male.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Arlington is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 60% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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Out of the 19 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas A&M University - College Station landed the # 5 spot on the list. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of College Station.

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

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Out of the 19 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Skysong landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of New Mexico - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. University of Oklahoma is a very large public school located in the suburb of Norman.

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University of North Texas ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

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

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Texas Report

The University of Texas at Austin landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a very large student population.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 254
Texas 1,011
Oklahoma 126
New Mexico 43

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 19 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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