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

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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, visual and performing arts students earned 3,135 degrees and certificates from a New York school, making the subject the 8th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 52 schools in New York to see which master's degree 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Colleges.

#1

New York University

New York, NY

Our analysis found New York University to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in New York. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

Of the 492 students majoring in visual and performing arts at NYU, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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#2

Pratt Institute - Main

Brooklyn, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pratt Institute - Main. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the city of Brooklyn, Pratt Institute is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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

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#3

The New School

New York, NY

The in-demand master’s degree programs at The New School helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in New York. New School University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

Of the 221 students majoring in visual and performing arts at New School University, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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Out of the 52 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 184 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Columbia, 32% are male and 68% are female.

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#5

School of Visual Arts

New York, NY

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means School of Visual Arts is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of New York, SVA is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 145 students majoring in visual and performing arts at SVA, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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With a ranking of #6, Manhattan School of Music 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 city of New York, Manhattan School of Music is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Of the 132 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Manhattan School of Music, 39% are male and 61% are female.

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#7

The Juilliard School

New York, NY

With a ranking of #7, The Juilliard School did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Juilliard is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of New York.

About 53% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 47% are male.

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#8

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 97 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Brooklyn College, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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#9

Hunter College

New York, NY

Hunter 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 #9 on the list. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the large city of New York.

Women make up 57% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#10

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse University 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 #10 on the list. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse.

Women make up 72% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 745
Maryland 493
New Jersey 187
District of Columbia 192
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

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 25 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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