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2023 Most Popular Online General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools

10 Colleges
$20,797 Avg Salary
$14,735 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 6,355 people earned a degree or certificate in general visual and performing arts, making the major the #119 most popular in the United States.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found San Jacinto Community College to be the most popular school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the United States. Located in the large suburb of Pasadena, San Jacinto College is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 62% of the visual arts majors at the school.

After completing their Associate Degree, visual arts graduates from San Jacinto College carry an average student debtload of $12,308.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a great place for general visual and performing arts students working on their online associate degree. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 46 students majoring in visual arts at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Virginia Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools list. Northern Virginia Community College is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Annandale.

Of the 23 students majoring in visual arts at Northern Virginia Community College, 74% are male and 26% are female.

After completing their Associate Degree, visual arts graduates from Northern Virginia Community College carry an average student debtload of $14,050.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Harrisburg Area Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best general visual and performing arts schools in the United States. HACC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Harrisburg.

Of the 16 students majoring in visual arts at HACC, 38% are male and 63% are female.

The average amount in student loans that visual arts majors at HACC take out while working on their Associate Degree is $22,933.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Mississippi Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools list. EMCC is a small public school located in the rural area of Scooba.

Of the 5 students majoring in visual arts at EMCC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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Harford Community College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree general visual and performing arts programs. Harford Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Bel Air.

Of the 4 students majoring in visual arts at Harford Community College, 75% are male and 25% are female.

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University of Advancing Technology ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools list. University of Advancing Technology is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe.

About 75% of the students majoring in visual arts at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#8

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

Academy of Art University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for general visual and performing arts students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in visual arts at Academy of Art University, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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With a ranking of #9, Scottsdale Community College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general visual and performing arts students working on their online associate degree. Located in the rural area of Scottsdale, Scottsdale Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

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Iowa Central Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for general visual and performing arts students to get a associate degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Iowa Central Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Fort Dodge.

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More General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

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 10 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 Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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