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2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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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 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual and performing arts majors pursuing an online associate degree.

#1

Full Sail University

Winter Park, FL

Our analysis found Full Sail University to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Southeast Region . Full Sail University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Winter Park.

Women make up 43% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Southeast Region . Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Perkinston.

Of the 58 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Northern Virginia Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the suburb of Annandale, Northern Virginia Community College is a public college with a very large student population.

Of the 207 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Northern Virginia Community College, 38% are male and 62% are female.

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The in-demand online associate degree programs at Holmes Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the Southeast Region . Located in the rural area of Goodman, Holmes Community College is a public school with a small student population.

Women make up 53% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#5

Hinds Community College

Raymond, MS

Out of the 13 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hinds Community College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Hinds Community College is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Raymond.

About 48% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 52% are male.

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Guilford Technical Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Jamestown, Guilford Technical Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

About 50% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 50% are male.

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East Mississippi Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the remote area of Scooba, EMCC is a public college with a small student population.

Women make up 43% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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West Kentucky Community and Technical College landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the town of Paducah, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in visual and performing arts at West Kentucky Community and Technical College, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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Central Georgia Technical College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Warner Robins, CGTC is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in visual and performing arts at CGTC, 80% are male and 20% are female.

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Copiah-Lincoln Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Copiah-Lincoln Community College is a small public school located in the rural area of Wesson.

Of the 14 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Copiah-Lincoln Community College, 29% are male and 71% are female.

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Explore the most popular online visual and performing arts schools 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

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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 13 schools only.

  • 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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