2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate School for You
In 2020-2021, 149,215 visual and performing arts students received their degrees and certificates, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 60 schools in the United States to see which undergraduate 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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the United States
Check out the visual and performing arts undergraduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.
Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found The Creative Circus to be the best school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in the United States. Located in the large city of Atlanta, The Creative Circus is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
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The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Gnomon helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the United States. Gnomon is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the city of Hollywood.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend SAE Institute - Atlanta. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Atlanta, SAE Institute - Atlanta is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
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Out of the 60 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami Ad School at Portfolio Center landed the # 4 spot on the list. Miami Ad School at Portfolio Center is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.
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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means American Musical and Dramatic Academy is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. American Musical and Dramatic Academy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.
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John Tyler Community College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Chester, John Tyler Community College is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.
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Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for visual and performing arts students to get a undergraduate certificate. It came in at #7 on the list. F.I.R.S.T. Institute is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Orlando.
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Nashville Film Institute came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools ranking. Nashville Film Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.
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SAE Institute - Chicago ranked #9 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Chicago, SAE Institute - Chicago is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
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With a ranking of #10, SAE Institute - Nashville did quite well on this year’s best schools for visual and performing arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Nashville, SAE Institute - Nashville is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
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Here are some additional great schools for Visual & Performing Arts students that almost earned our Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools award.
Rank | College | Location |
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11 | University of Wisconsin - Madison | Madison, WI |
12 | The Ailey School | New York, NY |
Visual & Performing Arts by Region
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Visual & Performing Arts Related Rankings by Major
Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study
Major | Annual Graduates |
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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 |
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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 25 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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