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Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general visual and performing arts was ranked #119 in the country. In fact 6,355 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular master's 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 master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southwest Region .

Our analysis found The University of Texas at Dallas to be the most popular school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Southwest Region . Located in the medium-sized city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at The University of Texas at Dallas Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of College Station, Texas A&M College Station is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 75% of the visual arts majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at New Mexico State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general visual and performing arts schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at New Mexico State University - Main Campus Report

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best general visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 593
Arizona 138
Oklahoma 29
New Mexico 67

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 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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