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

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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 995 degrees and certificates from a Florida school, making the subject the 10th in the state.

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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 Florida ranking. This report analyzed 16 schools in Florida 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

Full Sail University

Winter Park, FL

Our analysis found Full Sail University to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Florida. Full Sail University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Winter Park.

About 44% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 56% are male.

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#2

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

A rank of #2 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 medium-sized city of Tallahassee.

About 56% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 44% are male.

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Out of the 16 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCF is a very large public school located in the suburb of Orlando.

About 44% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 56% are male.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Central Florida Report

#4

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

Out of the 16 schools in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Miami landed the # 4 spot on the list. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Coral Gables.

About 48% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 52% are male.

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#5

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Florida is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the midsize city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a very large student population.

About 66% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 34% are male.

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University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of Tampa, USF Tampa is a public school with a very large student population.

About 49% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 51% are male.

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#7

Florida Atlantic University

Boca Raton, FL

Florida Atlantic University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Boca Raton, FAU is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 55% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#8

Lynn University

Boca Raton, FL

With a ranking of #8, Lynn University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Lynn University Fighting Knights is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boca Raton.

About 63% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 38% are male.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Lynn University Report

Florida International University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Florida ranking. FIU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Miami.

Of the 15 students majoring in visual and performing arts at FIU, 53% are male and 47% are female.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Florida International University

AI Miami International University of Art and Design 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. International Fine Arts College is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Miami.

About 73% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 27% are male.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Mississippi 88
North Carolina 274
Virginia 522
Tennessee 156
Georgia 670
South Carolina 116
Louisiana 163
West Virginia 50
Kentucky 127
Arkansas 80
Alabama 86

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 16 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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