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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Minnesota

6 Colleges
$27,761 Avg Salary
$25,597 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

Visual & Performing Arts is the #19 most popular major in Minnesota with 133 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 6 schools in Minnesota 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Minnesota - Twin Cities the most popular school in Minnesota for visual and performing arts students. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis College of Art and Design landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, MCAD is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Out of the 6 schools in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St Thomas Minnesota landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Saint Paul, UST MN is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Minnesota State University - Mankato is a great place for visual and performing arts students. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large public school located in the city of Mankato.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Minnesota - Duluth is a great place for visual and performing arts students. UMN Duluth is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Duluth.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Minnesota - Duluth Report

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota 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 distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota Report

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
Iowa 163
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 6 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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