2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Massachusetts
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In 2020-2021, 965 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.
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The Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Massachusetts ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 23 schools in Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts
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 Berklee College of Music the most popular school in Massachusetts for visual and performing arts students. Berklee College of Music is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
The excellent programs at The New England Conservatory of Music helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Massachusetts. Located in the city of Boston, The New England Conservatory of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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The excellent programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Massachusetts. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Longy School of Music of Bard College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge, Longy is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst 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. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.
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Tufts University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.
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Massachusetts College of Art and Design landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of Boston, Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public school with a small student population.
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With a ranking of #9, Lesley University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students. Lesley is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.
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Emerson College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Located in the large city of Boston, Emerson is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.
Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Region
Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 54 |
| Connecticut | 395 |
| New Hampshire | 34 |
| Maine | 42 |
| Vermont | 73 |
Visual & Performing Arts Related Majors
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 23 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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