2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate 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.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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.
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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 20 schools in the New England Region 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.
2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the most popular for visual and performing arts majors pursuing a graduate certificate.
Top 10 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools
Our analysis found The New England Conservatory of Music to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the New England Region . Located in the large city of Boston, The New England Conservatory of Music is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
Women make up 67% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great place for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.
About 43% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 57% are male.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. UCONN is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs.
About 62% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 38% are male.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Harvard University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the New England Region . Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Cambridge.
About 67% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 33% are male.
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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Longy School of Music of Bard College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular visual and performing arts schools in the New England Region . Located in the city of Cambridge, Longy is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.
Of the 9 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Longy, 44% are male and 56% are female.
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Berklee College of Music ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Berklee College of Music is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.
About 50% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 50% are male.
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University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. UMass Dartmouth is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth.
About 83% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 17% are male.
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Tufts University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
Of the 4 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Tufts, 25% are male and 75% are female.
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Yale University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region list. Yale is a large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of New Haven.
Of the 4 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Yale, 50% are male and 50% are female.
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University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the New England Region ranking. UMass Amherst is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Amherst.
About 25% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 75% are male.
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Request InformationBest Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State
Explore the best visual and performing arts colleges for a specific state in the New England region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 931 |
| Maine | 274 |
| Rhode Island | 709 |
| Massachusetts | 5,195 |
| Connecticut | 1,531 |
| Vermont | 550 |
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 Majors Related 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 20 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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