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

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

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

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #119 most popular major in the country with 6,355 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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 Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States 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 Plains States Region .

Our analysis found Minneapolis College of Art and Design to be the most popular school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Plains States Region . MCAD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Women make up 76% of the visual arts majors at the school.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Iowa State University is a great place for general visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Ames, Iowa State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Missouri State University - Springfield helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular general visual and performing arts schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

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

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 111
Minnesota 57
Kansas 84
Iowa 28
Nebraska 0
South Dakota 7

General Visual & Performing Arts is one of 10 different types of programs to choose from.

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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