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2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online bachelor's 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 bachelor's degree.

#1

Full Sail University

Winter Park, FL

Our 2023 rankings named Full Sail University the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Full Sail University is a very large private for-profit school located in the suburb of Winter Park.

Women make up 36% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#2

Liberty University

Lynchburg, VA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Liberty University is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Lynchburg.

Women make up 61% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Savannah College of Art and Design is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their online bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Savannah, SCAD is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 1,391 students majoring in visual and performing arts at SCAD, 30% are male and 70% are female.

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#4

University of Florida

Gainesville, FL

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at University of Florida 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 medium-sized city of Gainesville, UF is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 324 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UF, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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Out of the 12 online programs at schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, AI Miami International University of Art and Design landed the # 5 spot on the list. International Fine Arts College is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the large city of Miami.

Women make up 71% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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The Baptist College of Florida did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for visual and performing arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. BCF is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Graceville.

Women make up 38% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#7

Kentucky Wesleyan College

Owensboro, KY

Kentucky Wesleyan College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for visual and performing arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Owensboro, Wesleyan is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

About 53% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 47% are male.

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North Carolina Central University ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Durham, North Carolina Central University is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 24 students majoring in visual and performing arts at North Carolina Central University, 54% are male and 46% are female.

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#9

University of Florida-Online

Gainesville, FL

University of Florida-Online ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. UF Online is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville.

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#9

Bethel University

McKenzie, TN

Bethel University ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the town of McKenzie, Bethel is a private not-for-profit college with a small 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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Explore the most popular online 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

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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 12 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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