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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Iowa

4 Colleges
$28,405 Avg Salary
$24,325 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 163 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Iowa to see which ones were the most popular programs 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a .

#1

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

Our analysis found University of Iowa to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Iowa is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Iowa City.

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Out of the 4 schools in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Maharishi International University landed the # 2 spot on the list. MIU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the remote town of Fairfield.

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The excellent programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Iowa. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population.

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#4

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, IA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Iowa list. UNI is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Cedar Falls.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 125
Missouri 267
Minnesota 133
North Dakota 16
Nebraska 93
South Dakota 16

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 4 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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