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Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in District of Columbia 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.

#1

American University

Washington, DC

Our analysis found American University to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in District of Columbia. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Of the 78 students majoring in visual and performing arts at The American University, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at George Washington University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Women make up 75% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at George Washington University Report

Out of the 4 schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Catholic University of America landed the # 3 spot on the list. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Women make up 61% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#4

Howard University

Washington, DC

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Howard University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in District of Columbia. Located in the large city of Washington, Howard is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Howard, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Howard University Report

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 4 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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