2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s

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In 2020-2021, 3,130 people earned their degree in visual and performing arts, making the major the 221st most popular in the United States.

Across New Mexico, there were 36 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 36 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,779 and $27,879 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in visual and performing arts.

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Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 3 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in New Mexico

1

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, New Mexico

#5 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 overall quality in New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at UNM

3

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, New Mexico

#12 overall quality in New Mexico

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in New Mexico for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western New Mexico University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Silver City, New Mexico, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Western New Mexico University Visual & Performing Arts Report

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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