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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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$37,940 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Doctor's Degree School for You

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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 8 schools in the Plains States Region to see which doctor's 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 doctor's degree.

Our analysis found University of Minnesota - Twin Cities to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the large city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 27 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UMN Twin Cities, 30% are male and 70% are female.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

#2

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public school with a very large student population.

Women make up 35% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#3

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 22 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Iowa, 55% are male and 45% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the large city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.

Women make up 47% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Nebraska - Lincoln Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at University of Missouri - Kansas City helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Kansas City, UMKC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 50% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their doctor’s degree. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

About 50% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 50% are male.

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Washington University in St Louis landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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North Dakota State University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the midsize city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 920
Minnesota 1,711
Iowa 1,309
South Dakota 188
Missouri 1,911
Nebraska 727
North Dakota 160

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 8 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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