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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Washington

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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree 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.

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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 Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Washington to see which ones were the most popular master's degree 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 Master's Degree Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Washington - Seattle Campus the most popular school in Washington for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 63% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 37% are male.

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#2

Seattle Film Institute

Seattle, WA

Out of the 7 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle Film Institute landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Seattle, Seattle Film Institute is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 28% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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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 working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Seattle, Seattle U is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

About 79% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 21% are male.

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Out of the 7 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

About 42% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 58% are male.

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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 working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public college with a large student population.

About 18% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 82% are male.

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

About 20% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 80% are male.

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Western Washington University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. WWU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

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

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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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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