2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Pennsylvania
Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 22 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones were the most popular 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.
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2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Pennsylvania
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools
Our analysis found Kutztown University of Pennsylvania to be the most popular school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a degree in Pennsylvania. Kutztown University is a moderately-sized public school located in the fringe town of Kutztown.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Moore College of Art and Design. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Pennsylvania list. Moore College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Hussian College is a great place for general visual and performing arts students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Hussian is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
While working on their degree, visual arts majors at Hussian accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.
Out of the 22 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Harrisburg Area Community College landed the # 4 spot on the list. HACC is a large public school located in the city of Harrisburg.
The average amount in student loans that visual arts majors at HACC take out is $20,870.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Pennsylvania is a great place for general visual and performing arts students. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
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East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular general visual and performing arts programs. East Stroudsburg University is a medium-sized public school located in the city of East Stroudsburg.
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With a ranking of #7, Temple University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general visual and performing arts students. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Visual Arts majors at Temple take out an average of $26,500 in student loans while working on their egree.
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Bucks County Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Pennsylvania list. Bucks County Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Newtown.
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With a ranking of #8, University of Pittsburgh - Greensburg did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general visual and performing arts students. Pitt Greensburg is a small public school located in the large suburb of Greensburg.
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With a ranking of #8, Wilson College did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for general visual and performing arts students. Located in the city of Chambersburg, Wilson is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
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Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
Explore all the Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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New York | 593 |
Maryland | 98 |
New Jersey | 180 |
District of Columbia | 16 |
Majors Related to Visual Arts
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 |
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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 22 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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