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

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$14,735 Avg Student Debt

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

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #49 most popular major in Mississippi with 156 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Mississippi 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual arts majors pursuing a associate degree.

Our 2023 rankings named Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College the most popular school in Mississippi for general visual and performing arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the rural area of Perkinston, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 67% of the students majoring in visual arts at the school are women while 33% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Mississippi Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi list. EMCC is a small public school located in the remote area of Scooba.

About 60% of the students majoring in visual arts at the school are women while 40% are male.

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#3

Coahoma Community College

Clarksdale, MS

The in-demand associate degree programs at Coahoma Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general visual and performing arts schools in Mississippi. Located in the rural area of Clarksdale, Coahoma Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Coahoma Community College

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 90
Virginia 255
North Carolina 73
Florida 945
Tennessee 57
Kentucky 52
South Carolina 19
Louisiana 39
Arkansas 5
Alabama 4
West Virginia 23

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 3 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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