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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Maine

2 Colleges
$24,250 Avg Salary
$26,756 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 274 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #14 most popular major in Maine.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Maine ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maine to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

View our full ranking methodology.

2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Maine

Check out the visual and performing arts programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Maine Schools in Visual & Performing Arts

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern Maine the best school in Maine for visual and performing arts students. Located in the small city of Portland, University of Southern Maine is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Visual & Performing Arts majors at University of Southern Maine take out an average of $24,000 in student loans while working on their egree.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Southern Maine

#2

Maine College of Art

Portland, ME

The excellent programs at Maine College of Art helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Maine. Maine College of Art is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Portland.

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

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Maine College of Art Report

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 931
Rhode Island 709
Massachusetts 5,195
Connecticut 1,531
Vermont 550

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 2 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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