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Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

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2023 Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California

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Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 1,179 degrees and certificates were awarded to general visual and performing arts students who went to a California college or university. This makes it the #84 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in California ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in California to see which undergraduate certificate 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Young Americans College of the Performing Arts to be the most popular school for general visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in California. Located in the midsize city of Corona, Young Americans College of the Performing Arts is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Young Americans College of the Performing Arts

#2

De Anza College

Cupertino, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means De Anza College is a great place for general visual and performing arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. De Anza College is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cupertino.

Full General Visual & Performing Arts at De Anza College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art is a great place for general visual and performing arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Van Nuys.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Los Angeles Academy of Figurative Art

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 13
Oregon 66
Nevada 20

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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