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Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska

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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska

3 Colleges
$34,072 Avg Salary
$27,000 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts School for You

With 60 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, visual and performing arts is the #14 most popular major in Alaska.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Alaska ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Alaska to see which 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 .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Alaska Anchorage the most popular school in Alaska for visual and performing arts students. Located in the city of Anchorage, UAA is a public school with a large student population.

The average amount in student loans that visual and performing arts majors at UAA take out is $27,000.

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The excellent programs at University of Alaska Fairbanks helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Alaska. UAF is a medium-sized public school located in the small suburb of Fairbanks.

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The excellent programs at University of Alaska Southeast helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best visual and performing arts schools in Alaska. UAS is a small public school located in the remote town of Juneau.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 22,397
Washington 1,718
Oregon 1,672
Hawaii 196
Nevada 554

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 3 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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