2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree School for You
Visual & Performing Arts is the #13 most popular major in Indiana with 2,306 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. This report analyzed 36 schools in Indiana to see which ones were the most popular bachelor's 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.
2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana
The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Colleges.
Top 10 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Bloomington the most popular school in Indiana for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Women make up 63% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
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Out of the 36 schools in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Muncie.
Women make up 77% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.
Of the 140 students majoring in visual and performing arts at IUPUI, 26% are male and 74% are female.
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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at University of Notre Dame helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in Indiana. Notre Dame is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Notre Dame.
Women make up 63% 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 Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. Purdue is a fairly large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.
Of the 132 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Purdue, 37% are male and 63% are female.
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Purdue University Fort Wayne ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. PFW is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.
Of the 99 students majoring in visual and performing arts at PFW, 39% are male and 61% are female.
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Butler University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Butler is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
About 64% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 36% are male.
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With a ranking of #8, Indiana State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Terre Haute, Indiana State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Women make up 48% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
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University of Southern Indiana did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for visual and performing arts students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. USI is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Evansville.
Of the 64 students majoring in visual and performing arts at USI, 23% are male and 77% are female.
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University of Saint Francis - Fort Wayne ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana list. University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Wayne.
Women make up 69% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
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Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Michigan | 3,433 |
| Ohio | 4,641 |
| Illinois | 5,502 |
| Wisconsin | 2,248 |
Visual & Performing Arts Related Majors
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 25 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.