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

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$23,100 Avg Salary
$16,513 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate 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.

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 in the Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 14 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best undergraduate certificate programs 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 Southeast Region

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

#1

The Creative Circus

Atlanta, GA

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 Southeast Region . The Creative Circus is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

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#2

SAE Institute - Atlanta

Atlanta, GA

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at SAE Institute - Atlanta helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Southeast Region . SAE Institute - Atlanta is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Atlanta.

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Out of the 14 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami Ad School at Portfolio Center landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Miami Ad School at Portfolio Center is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Tyler Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. John Tyler Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Chester.

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Out of the 14 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida Institute of Recording Sound and Technology landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Orlando, F.I.R.S.T. Institute is a private for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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#6

Nashville Film Institute

Nashville, TN

Nashville Film Institute ranked #6 on this year’s Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Nashville, Nashville Film Institute is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

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#7

SAE Institute - Nashville

Nashville, TN

SAE Institute - Nashville landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best undergraduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. SAE Institute - Nashville is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Nashville.

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#8

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, GA

With a ranking of #8, Gwinnett Technical College did quite well on this year’s best schools for visual and performing arts students working on their undergraduate certificate. GTC is a moderately-sized public school located in the large suburb of Lawrenceville.

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Central Piedmont Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Central Piedmont Community College is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Charlotte.

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Nashville State Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Nashville State Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Nashville.

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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 14 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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