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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Missouri

5 Colleges
$21,440 Avg Salary
$24,998 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #114 most popular major in Missouri with 111 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Missouri ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Missouri to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Missouri

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

Top Missouri Schools in General Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the best school in Missouri for general visual and performing arts students. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Visual Arts majors at Mizzou take out an average of $24,102 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

The excellent programs at Maryville University of Saint Louis helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in Missouri. Maryville U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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Out of the 5 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the # 3 spot on the list. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Missouri State University - Springfield Report

Out of the 5 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Southeast Missouri State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Southeast Missouri State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Cape Girardeau.

After completing their degree, visual arts graduates from Southeast Missouri State University carry an average student debtload of $25,894.

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#5

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, MO

The excellent programs at Saint Louis Community College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in Missouri. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Saint Louis Community College is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 57
Kansas 84
Iowa 28
Nebraska 0
South Dakota 7

One of 10 majors within the area of study, general visual and performing arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 5 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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