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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Indiana

36 Colleges
$26,022 Avg Salary
$26,083 Avg Student Debt

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.

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

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 small city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 63% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#2

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana 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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The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in Indiana. IUPUI is a very large public school located in the large 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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#4

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Notre Dame is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their bachelor’s degree. Notre Dame is a 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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#5

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The in-demand bachelor’s degree programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in Indiana. 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 came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. PFW is a medium-sized public school located in the 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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#7

Butler University

Indianapolis, IN

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 large city of Indianapolis, Butler is a private not-for-profit college 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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#8

Indiana State University

Terre Haute, IN

Indiana State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. Located in the small 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 landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular bachelor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. USI is a medium-sized public school located in the 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 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 #10 on the list. University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Wayne.

Women make up 69% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Colleges 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 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 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.

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