2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
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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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The Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 43 schools in the Southwest Region 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.
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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region
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 The University of Texas at Austin the most popular school in the Southwest Region for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public college with a fairly large student population.
About 60% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 40% are male.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Texas. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. UNT is a very large public school located in the city of Denton.
About 52% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 48% are male.
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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Arizona State University - Tempe helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public college with a very large student population.
About 59% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 41% are male.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Houston is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.
Of the 69 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UH, 38% are male and 62% are female.
Out of the 43 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Methodist University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.
Of the 61 students majoring in visual and performing arts at SMU, 41% are male and 59% are female.
Texas Tech University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly 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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Rice 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 #7 on the list. Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
About 49% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 51% are male.
University of Arizona landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree visual and performing arts programs. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the large city of Tucson.
Women make up 51% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
Texas State University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State is a very large public school located in the city of San Marcos.
Of the 38 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Texas State, 50% are male and 50% are female.
With a ranking of #9, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman.
About 61% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 39% are male.
Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Arizona | 254 |
| Texas | 1,011 |
| Oklahoma | 126 |
| New Mexico | 43 |
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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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