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

6 Colleges
$21,983 Avg Salary
$17,456 Avg Student Debt

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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in the Southwest 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found San Jacinto Community College to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue an online associate degree in the Southwest Region . San Jacinto College is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Pasadena.

Of the 110 students majoring in visual and performing arts at San Jacinto College, 41% are male and 59% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Texas State Technical College is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their online associate degree. TSTC is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Waco.

About 40% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 60% are male.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Sessions College for Professional Design is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their online associate degree. Sessions College is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Tempe.

About 63% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 37% are male.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Sessions College for Professional Design Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Scottsdale Community College is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their online associate degree. Scottsdale Community College is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Scottsdale.

Women make up 58% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Advancing Technology is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their online associate degree. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, University of Advancing Technology is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

Women make up 50% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Advancing Technology Report

#6

Blinn College

Brenham, TX

Blinn College landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online associate degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the town of Brenham, Blinn College is a public college with a large student population.

Women make up 57% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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Explore the most popular online visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 2,294
Texas 7,696
New Mexico 493
Oklahoma 1,205

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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

Majors Similar to Visual & Performing Arts

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 6 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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