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

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

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

With 43 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #17 most popular major in New Mexico.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico 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.

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 New Mexico.

Our 2023 rankings named University of New Mexico - Main Campus the most popular school in New Mexico for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. UNM is a very large public school located in the city of Albuquerque.

Of the 32 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UNM, 38% are male and 63% are female.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of New Mexico - Main Campus Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at New Mexico State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in New Mexico. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 71% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 254
Texas 1,011
Oklahoma 126

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 2 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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