2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England 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 Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 50 schools in the New England Region to see which 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 Schools in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a .
Top 10 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Yale University the most popular school in the New England Region for visual and performing arts students. Located in the midsize city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Berklee College of Music is a great place for visual and performing arts students. Located in the city of Boston, Berklee College of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
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The excellent programs at Boston University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
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The excellent programs at The New England Conservatory of Music helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the New England Region . The New England Conservatory of Music is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
The excellent programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the New England Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Harvard is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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University of Hartford did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for visual and performing arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of West Hartford, UHart is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
Longy School of Music of Bard College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region ranking. Longy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.
University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region ranking. Located in the suburb of Amherst, UMass Amherst is a public college with a very large student population.
University of Connecticut ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.
With a ranking of #10, Rhode Island School of Design did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, RISD is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 965 |
| Rhode Island | 54 |
| Connecticut | 395 |
| New Hampshire | 34 |
| Maine | 42 |
| Vermont | 73 |
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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