2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You
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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Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 45 schools in the Southwest 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 Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts 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. Located in the city of Austin, UT Austin is a public school with a very large student population.
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The excellent programs at University of North Texas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Southwest Region . UNT is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.
Out of the 45 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.
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The excellent programs at University of Houston helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Southwest Region . UH is a fairly large public school located in the city of Houston.
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Southern Methodist University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the suburb of Dallas, SMU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Arizona did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.
Rice University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Houston, Rice is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.
University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Oklahoma is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Norman.
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Texas Christian University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. TCU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Worth.
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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 26 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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