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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

18 Colleges
$42,822 Avg Salary

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 city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#2

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

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 fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Charleston.

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#3

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Kentucky helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Southeast Region . UK is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lexington.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Central Arkansas is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public college with a large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of South Carolina - Columbia. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UofSC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

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#6

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

George Mason University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.

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University of North Carolina School of the Arts came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public school with a small student population.

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#8

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

University of Miami landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Coral Gables.

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Florida International University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. FIU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Miami.

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#10

Old Dominion University

Norfolk, VA

Old Dominion University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Old Dominion is a fairly large public school located in the city of Norfolk.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best visual and performing arts colleges 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

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Bonnielou2013.

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