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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

7 Colleges
$24,917 Avg Salary
$27,513 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 171 degrees and certificates were awarded to general visual and performing arts students who went to a Massachusetts college or university. This makes it the #123 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts

The following schools top our list of the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in General Visual & Performing Arts

#1

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA

Our 2023 rankings named College of the Holy Cross the best school in Massachusetts for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Holy Cross is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Worcester.

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#2

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in Massachusetts. Northeastern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

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#4

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Suffolk University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in Massachusetts. Located in the large city of Boston, Suffolk is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

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#5

Lesley University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lesley University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Cambridge, Lesley is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for general visual and performing arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

On average, visual arts graduates from UMass Dartmouth take out $27,340 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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With a ranking of #7, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts did quite well on this year’s best schools for general visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the fringe town of North Adams, MCLA is a public college with a fairly small student population.

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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 5
New Hampshire 10
Maine 3
Vermont 81

General Visual & Performing Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Visual Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 37,413
Design & Applied Arts 36,301
Music 25,910
Drama & Theater Arts 17,341
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 16,778

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

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