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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio

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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of the majors we analyze each year, visual and performing arts was ranked 9th in Ohio. In fact, 4,641 were awarded in the state in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

The Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Ohio to see which graduate certificate 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found Bowling Green State University - Main Campus to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Ohio. BGSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bowling Green.

About 58% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 42% are male.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Ohio University - Athens Campus is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 13 students majoring in visual and performing arts at OHIO Athens, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cleveland Institute of Music. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio list. Located in the city of Cleveland, Cleveland Institute of Music is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

Women make up 71% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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#4

Oberlin College

Oberlin, OH

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Oberlin College is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Oberlin is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Oberlin.

Women make up 33% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in Ohio. UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

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

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Ohio State University - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Kent State University at Kent came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Kent State is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Kent.

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Miami University - Oxford came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in Ohio ranking. Located in the fringe town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public college with a large student population.

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Wright State University - Main Campus did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for visual and performing arts students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #6 on the list. Wright State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Dayton.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 2,306
Michigan 3,433
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

Majors Similar to Visual & Performing Arts

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 9 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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