2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

If you plan on getting your associate degree in visual & performing arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #102 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 166 associate degrees in visual & performing arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to visual & performing arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other visual & performing arts students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized visual & performing arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for visual & performing arts students working on their associate degree.

More Ways to Rank Visual & Performing Arts Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for visual & performing arts students seeking a an associate degree.

Top Southeast Region Schools for an Associate in Visual Arts

1

Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

12 Annual Graduates

Northern Virginia Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting an associate degree in visual & performing arts. Northern Virginia Community College is a very large public college located in the suburb of Annandale.More information about a associate in visual & performing arts from Northern Virginia Community College

2

Chattanooga State Community College
Chattanooga, TN

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Chattanooga State Community College is a wonderful option for students pursuing an associate degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Chattanooga, Chattanooga State Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a associate in visual & performing arts from Chattanooga State Community College

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best visual & performing arts colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	51
Georgia	217	18
Arkansas	161	3
Virginia	158	28
South Carolina	105	7

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Visual & Performing Arts Related Rankings by Major

Visual & Performing Arts is one of 1 different types of General Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Visual Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Digital Arts	90

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Sven Mandel / CC-BY-SA-4.0. More about our data sources and methodologies.