2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools
Finding the Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Graduate 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 10 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual and performing arts majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.
Top 10 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found Michigan State University to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in the United States. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public college with a fairly large 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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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 58% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
Of the 12 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Harvard, 33% are male and 67% are female.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Arizona State University - Skysong is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their online graduate certificate. ASU - Skysong is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Scottsdale.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Liberty University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Lynchburg, Liberty University is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
About 67% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 33% are male.
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University of Kentucky did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular online places for visual and performing arts students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public college with a very large student population.
Of the 6 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UK, 50% are male and 50% are female.
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With a ranking of #6, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the city of Bloomsburg, Bloomsburg is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
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With a ranking of #8, Radford University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their online graduate certificate. Radford is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Radford.
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Austin Peay State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Austin Peay State University is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Clarksville.
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Appalachian State University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
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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 |
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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 10 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.