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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arkansas

5 Colleges
$29,897 Avg Salary
$24,943 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

In 2020-2021, 830 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Arkansas college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Schools in Arkansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arkansas to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arkansas

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

Top Arkansas Schools in Visual & Performing Arts

#1

Harding University

Searcy, AR

Our 2023 rankings named Harding University the best school in Arkansas for visual and performing arts students. Harding is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Searcy.

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#2

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, AR

The excellent programs at University of Arkansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Arkansas. UARK is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Fayetteville.

Visual & Performing Arts majors at UARK take out an average of $26,227 in student loans while working on their egree.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Central Arkansas is a great place for visual and performing arts students. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

After completing their degree, visual and performing arts graduates from UCA carry an average student debtload of $24,486.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Arkansas State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arkansas list. A-State is a large public school located in the city of Jonesboro.

After completing their degree, visual and performing arts graduates from A-State carry an average student debtload of $26,500.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arkansas list. Located in the city of Little Rock, UA Little Rock is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Visual & Performing Arts majors at UA Little Rock take out an average of $26,616 in student loans while working on their egree.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,215
West Virginia 405
South Carolina 1,360
Florida 7,291
Virginia 3,471
Mississippi 696
Tennessee 2,629
Louisiana 1,147
Alabama 1,142
Kentucky 1,067
Georgia 4,322

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 5 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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