2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Kentucky
7Colleges in Kentucky
1,183Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
$26,759Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in visual & performing arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #10 out of 38 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 7 schools in Kentucky to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of visual & performing arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,183 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. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The visual & performing 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 Kentucky.
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Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts in Kentucky
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the visual & performing arts degrees they offer, see the list below.
Any student pursuing a degree in visual & performing arts needs to check out University of Kentucky. UK is a very large public university located in the city of Lexington. A Best Colleges rank of #230 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UK is a great university overall.
There were about 287 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UK in the most recent data year. Those visual & performing arts students who get their degree from University of Kentucky make $9,829 more than the typical visual & performing arts student.
University of Louisville is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Louisville, UofL is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #338 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UofL is a great university overall.
There were about 128 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UofL in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, visual & performing arts degree recipients typically make about $22,215 in their early careers.
Any student who is interested in visual & performing arts has to look into Western Kentucky University. Located in the city of Bowling Green, WKU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 152 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at WKU in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the visual & performing arts program report average early career income of $21,218.
It's hard to beat Eastern Kentucky University if you want to pursue a degree in visual & performing arts. Eastern is a large public university located in the distant town of Richmond. This university ranks 10th out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were approximately 61 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Eastern in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the visual & performing arts program report average early career earnings of $26,811.
NKU is a large public university located in the large suburb of Highland Heights. A Best Colleges rank of #716 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NKU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 125 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at NKU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the visual & performing arts program state that they receive average early career income of $27,032.
Located in the remote town of Morehead, Morehead State University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 18th out of 38 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were roughly 62 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Morehead State University in the most recent data year. Those visual & performing arts students who get their degree from Morehead State University make $3,891 more than the average visual & performing arts student.
Located in the remote town of Murray, Murray State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 9th out of 38 schools for overall quality in the state of Kentucky.
There were about 60 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Murray State in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program make about $26,422 in their early career salary.
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. 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.
