2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in District of Columbia
3Colleges in District of Columbia
515Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
$35,351Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in visual & performing arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #10 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in District of Columbia to determine which ones were the best for visual & performing arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 515 degrees in visual & performing arts during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of visual & performing arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Visual & Performing Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in District of Columbia list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts in District of Columbia
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 & performing arts degree levels they offer.
Top District of Columbia Schools in Visual & Performing Arts
George Washington University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #49 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means GWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 121 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at GWU in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the visual & performing arts program at George Washington University make $5,546 above the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
It is hard to beat Catholic University of America if you want to pursue a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Washington, CUA is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 5th out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were about 53 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at CUA in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program make an average of $29,342 in the first couple years of their career.
It is hard to beat American University if you wish to pursue a degree in visual & performing arts. The American University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Washington. A Best Colleges rank of #129 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means The American University is a great university overall.
There were about 191 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at The American University in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the visual & performing arts degree program at American University make $2,576 above the average college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
Howard University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Washington, Howard is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 8 colleges for overall quality in the state of District of Columbia.
There were approximately 74 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Howard in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the visual & performing arts program report average early career wages of $22,310.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).
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Your choice of visual & performing arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Visual & Performing Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
