2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 149,215 visual and performing arts students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.
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.
The Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 18 schools in the Southeast Region to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.
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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools
Our 2023 rankings named The University of Tennessee - Knoxville the best school in the Southeast Region for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a very large student population.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means College of Charleston is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. C of C is a large public school located in the midsize city of Charleston.
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Out of the 18 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the # 3 spot on the list. UK is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lexington.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public college with a large student population.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of South Carolina - Columbia helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Southeast Region . UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.
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George Mason University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. GMU is a very large public school located in the suburb of Fairfax.
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University of North Carolina School of the Arts ranked #7 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the midsize city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public college with a small student population.
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University of Miami did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. U Miami is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Coral Gables.
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Florida International University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.
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Old Dominion University landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Old Dominion is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Norfolk.
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Request InformationBest Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| North Carolina | 3,215 |
| West Virginia | 405 |
| South Carolina | 1,360 |
| Florida | 7,291 |
| Virginia | 3,471 |
| Arkansas | 830 |
| Mississippi | 696 |
| Louisiana | 1,147 |
| Alabama | 1,142 |
| Kentucky | 1,067 |
| Georgia | 4,322 |
| Tennessee | 2,629 |
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Rankings in Majors Related to Visual & Performing Arts
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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 18 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).
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