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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey

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

Visual & Performing Arts is the #12 most popular major in New Jersey with 2,574 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in New Jersey to see which ones offered the best master'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 Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey

The colleges and universities below are the best for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top New Jersey Schools for a Master's in Visual & Performing Arts

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Montclair State University the best school in New Jersey for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Rutgers University - New Brunswick helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in New Jersey. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public school with a very large student population.

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#3

Rowan University

Glassboro, NJ

Out of the 9 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rowan University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Glassboro, Rowan is a public college with a large student population.

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Out of the 9 schools in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Rutgers University - Newark landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Newark, Rutgers Newark is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Kean University

Union, NJ

The excellent master’s degree programs at Kean University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in New Jersey. Kean is a large public school located in the suburb of Union.

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#6

New Jersey City University

Jersey City, NJ

With a ranking of #6, New Jersey City University did quite well on this year’s best schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. NJCU is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Jersey City.

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#7

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ

Rider University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. Rider is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville.

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With a ranking of #8, William Paterson University of New Jersey did quite well on this year’s best schools for visual and performing arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

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Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the suburb of Madison, FDU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 5,464
New York 16,536
Maryland 2,055
Delaware 182
District of Columbia 586

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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