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2023 Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region

10 Colleges
$27,863 Avg Salary
$25,521 Avg Student Debt

With 149,215 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #10 most popular major in the United States.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Schools in the New England Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the New England Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online visual and performing arts programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the New England Region .

Our 2023 rankings named Southern New Hampshire University the most popular online school in the New England Region for visual and performing arts students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Manchester, SNHU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Visual & Performing Arts majors at SNHU take out an average of $27,598 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts Amherst. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region list. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.

Visual & Performing Arts majors at UMass Amherst take out an average of $26,981 in student loans while working on their egree.

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The excellent online programs at Community College of Vermont helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the New England Region . CCV is a medium-sized public school located in the rural area of Montpelier.

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The excellent online programs at Northern Vermont University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in the New England Region . Located in the rural area of Johnson, Northern Vermont University is a public college with a small student population.

On average, visual and performing arts graduates from Northern Vermont University take out $25,353 in student loans while working on their degree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maine at Augusta. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region list. UMA is a small public school located in the town of Augusta.

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#6

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Harvard University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best visual and performing arts programs. Harvard is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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Massachusetts College of Art and Design ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large city of Boston, Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a public college with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that visual and performing arts majors at Massachusetts College of Art and Design take out is $24,313. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $322.

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#8

Bay State College

Boston, MA

Bay State College ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the city of Boston, Bay State College is a private for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Holy Apostles College and Seminary ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Cromwell, Holy Apostles College and Seminary is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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#9

Fisher College

Boston, MA

Fisher College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Popular Online Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region list. Fisher College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 931
Maine 274
Rhode Island 709
Massachusetts 5,195
Connecticut 1,531
Vermont 550

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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 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.

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