2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Maryland
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree School for You
With 493 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #11 most popular major in Maryland.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in Maryland 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.
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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a master's degree.
Top 10 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Maryland Institute College of Art the most popular school in Maryland for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Baltimore, MICA is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
About 67% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 33% are male.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johns Hopkins University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in the city of Baltimore, Johns Hopkins is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 58% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Maryland - College Park is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of College Park, UMCP is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 55% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Towson University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 50% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 50% are male.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Baltimore is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. UB is a small public school located in the city of Baltimore.
Of the 20 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UB, 30% are male and 70% are female.
Goucher College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for visual and performing arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Goucher is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Baltimore.
Women make up 57% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
University of Maryland - Baltimore County came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public college with a large student population.
Of the 7 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UMBC, 14% are male and 86% are female.
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Morgan State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Morgan State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
Women make up 83% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
Hood College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in the small city of Frederick, Hood is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
About 40% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 60% are male.
With a ranking of #10, University of Maryland - Baltimore did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Baltimore, UMB is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.
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 |
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New York | 3,135 |
Pennsylvania | 745 |
New Jersey | 187 |
District of Columbia | 192 |
Delaware | 34 |
Visual & Performing Arts Related Majors
Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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 10 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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