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2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in District of Columbia

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Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts School for You

General Visual & Performing Arts is the #132 most popular major in District of Columbia with 16 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which programs were the most popular 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 .

#1

Gallaudet University

Washington, DC

Our 2023 rankings named Gallaudet University the most popular school in District of Columbia for general visual and performing arts students. Gallaudet is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at Gallaudet University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in District of Columbia list. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at George Washington University

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 204
New York 593
Maryland 98
New Jersey 180

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

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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