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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Colorado

9 Colleges
$26,022 Avg Salary
$26,083 Avg Student Debt

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

In 2020-2021, 1,943 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #11 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in Colorado to see which ones offered the best bachelor's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top Colorado Schools for a Bachelor's in Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named Colorado State University - Fort Collins the best school in Colorado for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Colorado State is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Fort Collins.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Colorado list. Located in the medium-sized city of Boulder, CU - Boulder is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 9 schools in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Northern Colorado helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Colorado. University of Northern Colorado is a large public school located in the midsize city of Greeley.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Colorado. RMCAD is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Lakewood.

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#6

University of Denver

Denver, CO

University of Denver did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Denver, DU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#7

Fort Lewis College

Durango, CO

Fort Lewis College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. FLC is a small public school located in the distant town of Durango.

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#8

Colorado Mesa University

Grand Junction, CO

With a ranking of #8, Colorado Mesa University did quite well on this year’s best schools for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Colorado Mesa is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Grand Junction.

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Metropolitan State University of Denver landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public college with a large student population.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 1,871
Montana 318
Idaho 591
Wyoming 179

Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

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
General Visual & Performing Arts 6,355
Arts & Media Management 4,788
Dance 3,288
Other Visual Art 912
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry 119
Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art 10

Majors Similar to Visual & Performing Arts

Related Major Annual Graduates
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities 556,813
English Language & Literature 54,635
Foreign Languages & Linguistics 33,333
Theology & Religious Vocations 27,459
Philosophy & Religious Studies 19,993

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 Bonnielou2013.

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