2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree 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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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 the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 112 schools in the Southeast Region 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 the Southeast Region
Check out the visual and performing arts master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .
Top 15% Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Savannah College of Art and Design the most popular school in the Southeast Region for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Savannah, SCAD is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Women make up 64% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Full Sail University is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Full Sail University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Winter Park.
Women make up 44% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
Full Visual & Performing Arts at Full Sail University Report
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Florida State University is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Florida State is a very large public school located in the city of Tallahassee.
Women make up 56% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
Full Visual & Performing Arts at Florida State University Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Lynchburg.
Women make up 67% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Liberty University
Out of the 112 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the # 5 spot on the list. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.
Women make up 44% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Central Florida
With a ranking of #6, University of Miami did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables.
Women make up 48% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
Regent University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Virginia Beach, Regent is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
About 57% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 43% are male.
George Mason University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.
Of the 70 students majoring in visual and performing arts at GMU, 21% are male and 79% are female.
University of Florida 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. Located in the city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.
Women make up 66% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Florida
University of North Carolina School of the Arts 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. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public college with a small student population.
Women make up 60% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Carolina School of the Arts Report
Georgia State University ranked #11 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Of the 49 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Georgia State, 41% are male and 59% are female.
Full Visual & Performing Arts at Georgia State University Report
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College ranked #12 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Of the 48 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Louisiana State University, 50% are male and 50% are female.
Virginia Commonwealth University ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. VCU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Richmond.
Women make up 70% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
The University of Tennessee - Knoxville ranked #13 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a very large student population.
About 54% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 46% are male.
With a ranking of #15, University of North Carolina at Greensboro 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 Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a large student population.
Women make up 50% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Carolina at Greensboro
University of Kentucky ranked #16 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UK is a very large public school located in the city of Lexington.
Of the 42 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UK, 31% are male and 69% are female.
Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Kentucky Report
Additional Noteworthy Schools
Here are some additional popular schools for Visual & Performing Arts students in the Southeast Region that almost earned our Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region award.
| Rank | College | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 17 | University of South Florida - Main Campus | Tampa, FL |
| 18 | University of Southern Mississippi | Hattiesburg, MS |
| 19 | University of Georgia | Athens, GA |
| 20 | The University of Alabama | Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 21 | University of Memphis | Memphis, TN |
| 21 | University of South Carolina - Columbia | Columbia, SC |
Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Mississippi | 88 |
| Florida | 995 |
| North Carolina | 274 |
| Virginia | 522 |
| Tennessee | 156 |
| Georgia | 670 |
| South Carolina | 116 |
| Louisiana | 163 |
| West Virginia | 50 |
| Kentucky | 127 |
| Arkansas | 80 |
| Alabama | 86 |
Majors Related to Visual & Performing Arts
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 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.
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