9
Colleges in the New England Region
148
Visual Arts Degrees Awarded
A degree in
visual & performing arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #221 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of visual & performing arts. Combined, these schools handed out 148 degrees in visual & performing arts to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings
Your choice of visual & performing arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Visual & Performing Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The visual arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region.
You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.
In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you.
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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the visual arts degree levels they offer.
10 Top New England Region Schools in Visual Arts
Master's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In CT
Yale University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. Yale is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of New Haven. A Best Colleges rank of #8 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Yale is a great university overall.
There were roughly 5 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Yale in the most recent year we have data available.
More information about a degree in visual & performing arts from Yale University
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
7th
Most Popular In MA
It is difficult to beat Boston University if you want to pursue a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Boston U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 1 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in visual & performing arts from Boston University
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
5th
Most Popular In MA
Any student who is interested in visual & performing arts has to check out University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. Located in the medium-sized suburb of North Dartmouth, UMass Dartmouth is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 41st out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 2 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UMass Dartmouth in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in visual & performing arts from University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
1st
Most Popular In VT
33
Visual Arts Degrees Awarded
Every student who is interested in visual & performing arts needs to take a look at Bennington College. Located in the distant town of Bennington, Bennington is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #456 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Bennington is a great college overall.
There were roughly 33 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Bennington in the most recent data year.
More information about a degree in visual & performing arts from Bennington College
Bachelor's Degree
Highest Degree Type
2nd
Most Popular In VT
Located in the city of Burlington, Champlain is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #494 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Champlain is a great college overall.
There were roughly 16 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Champlain in the most recent year we have data available.
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