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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island

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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree School for You

Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular subjects to study in Rhode Island. With 709 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 9th out of all the majors we track in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones were the most popular associate degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Visual & Performing Arts program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found New England Institute of Technology to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in Rhode Island. New England Tech is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of East Greenwich.

About 24% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 76% are male.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at New England Institute of Technology

The in-demand associate degree programs at Community College of Rhode Island helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in Rhode Island. Located in the small city of Warwick, CCRI is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 62% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Community College of Rhode Island

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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 2 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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