2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Iowa
7Colleges in Iowa
1,282Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
$28,405Avg 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.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Iowa to determine which ones were the best for visual & performing arts students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,282 degrees in visual & performing arts to qualified students.
The visual & performing arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts rankings. 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.
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 Iowa list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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.
Iowa State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the city of Ames. A Best Colleges rank of #75 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 272 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program make about $29,578 in their early career salary.
University of Iowa is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #84 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were roughly 360 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program earn about $28,303 in their early career salary.
Drake University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. Drake is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Des Moines. This university ranks 5th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 57.00000000000001 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Drake in the most recent data year. After graduating, visual & performing arts degree recipients usually make about $25,357 in the first five years of their career.
Every student who is interested in visual & performing arts has to look into Luther College. Located in the town of Decorah, Luther is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 7th out of 40 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 74 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Luther in the most recent data year. Those visual & performing arts students who get their degree from Luther College earn $2,414 more than the standard visual & performing arts grad.
UNI is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Cedar Falls. A Best Colleges rank of #199 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNI is a great university overall.
There were approximately 87 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the visual & performing arts program report average early career wages of $28,819.
DMACC is a very large public college located in the large suburb of Ankeny. This college ranks 12th out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 80 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at DMACC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program earn an average of $24,286 in the first couple years of their career.
Coe is a small private not-for-profit college located in the midsize city of Cedar Rapids. This college ranks 22nd out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 20 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Coe in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, visual & performing arts degree recipients usually earn around $25,196 in the first five years of their career.
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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The visual & performing arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts rankings. 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.
