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2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region

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

In 2020-2021, 149,215 visual and performing arts students received a degree or certificate, making the major the #10 most popular in the country.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Southeast Region ranking. This report analyzed 38 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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.

Check out the visual and performing arts graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

#1

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

Our analysis found University of Miami to be the most popular school for visual and performing arts students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Southeast Region . U Miami is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Coral Gables.

Women make up 60% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Miami Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbus State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the city of Columbus, CSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

About 38% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 62% are male.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Columbus State University

#3

George Mason University

Fairfax, VA

Out of the 38 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, George Mason University landed the # 3 spot on the list. GMU is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax.

Of the 9 students majoring in visual and performing arts at GMU, 11% are male and 89% are female.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public college with a large student population.

Of the 9 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UCA, 56% are male and 44% are female.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Central Arkansas

Out of the 38 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina School of the Arts landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Winston-Salem, UNCSA is a public college with a small student population.

About 78% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 22% are male.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Carolina School of the Arts

With a ranking of #6, University of North Carolina at Greensboro did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Greensboro, UNC Greensboro is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

#6

Lynn University

Boca Raton, FL

With a ranking of #6, Lynn University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for visual and performing arts students working on their graduate certificate. Lynn University Fighting Knights is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Boca Raton.

Women make up 13% of the visual and performing arts majors at the school.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Lynn University Report

#8

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY

University of Kentucky ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. UK is a very large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

Of the 6 students majoring in visual and performing arts at UK, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at University of Kentucky Report

#8

College of Charleston

Charleston, SC

College of Charleston landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular graduate certificate visual and performing arts programs. C of C is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Charleston.

About 83% of the students majoring in visual and performing arts at the school are women while 17% are male.

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Georgia State University 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 #8 on the list. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 6 students majoring in visual and performing arts at Georgia State, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Full Visual & Performing Arts at Georgia State University Report

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best visual and performing arts schools for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 3,215
West Virginia 405
South Carolina 1,360
Florida 7,291
Virginia 3,471
Arkansas 830
Mississippi 696
Louisiana 1,147
Alabama 1,142
Kentucky 1,067
Georgia 4,322
Tennessee 2,629

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 38 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.

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