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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas

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

In 2020-2021, 830 degrees and certificates were awarded to visual and performing arts students who went to a Arkansas college or university. This makes it the #12 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Arkansas to see which associate degree programs were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a associate degree.

Our analysis found NorthWest Arkansas Community College to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a associate degree in Arkansas. NWACC is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Bentonville.

About 80% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 20% are male.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at NorthWest Arkansas Community College

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Arkansas State University - Beebe is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the fringe town of Beebe, ASU-Beebe is a public school with a small student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in visual and performing arts at ASU-Beebe, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Arkansas State University - Beebe Report

#3

National Park College

Hot Springs, AR

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend National Park College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas list. National Park College is a small public school located in the small suburb of Hot Springs.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at National Park College

The in-demand associate degree programs at South Arkansas Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in Arkansas. Located in the town of El Dorado, SouthArk is a public school with a small student population.

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#5

Arkansas Baptist College

Little Rock, AR

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Arkansas Baptist College is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Little Rock, Arkansas Baptist College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,215
West Virginia 405
South Carolina 1,360
Florida 7,291
Virginia 3,471
Mississippi 696
Tennessee 2,629
Louisiana 1,147
Alabama 1,142
Kentucky 1,067
Georgia 4,322

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 5 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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