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2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree School for You

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #131 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 204 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Visual & Performing Arts program at each school on the list.

Check out the visual arts associate degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Pennsylvania.

Our 2023 rankings named Harrisburg Area Community College the most popular school in Pennsylvania for general visual and performing arts students working on their associate degree. HACC is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Harrisburg.

Women make up 63% of the visual arts majors at the school.

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

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Harrisburg Area Community College Report

Out of the 2 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Bucks County Community College landed the # 2 spot on the list. Bucks County Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Newtown.

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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 593
Maryland 98
New Jersey 180
District of Columbia 16

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

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 2 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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