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Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska

2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska

1 College
$34,072 Avg Salary
$27,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 60 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #14 most popular major in Alaska.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 1 schools in Alaska to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

The following school tops our list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges.

Best Visual & Performing Arts School

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the best school in Alaska for visual and performing arts students. Located in the large city of Anchorage, UAA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

While working on their degree, visual and performing arts majors at UAA accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Alaska Anchorage

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

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 22,397
Washington 1,718
Oregon 1,672
Hawaii 196
Nevada 554

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

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 values are for the top school 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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