2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #184 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 100 bachelor's degrees in visual & performing arts to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 bachelor's 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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for visual & performing arts students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Visual & Performing Arts Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in Mississippi

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for visual & performing arts students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Mississippi Schools for a Bachelor's in Visual Arts

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

42 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts needs to look into Mississippi State University. Mississippi State is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of Mississippi State.More information about a bachelor’s in visual & performing arts from Mississippi State University

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

22 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Southern Mississippi if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts. Southern Miss is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Hattiesburg.More information about a bachelor’s in visual & performing arts from University of Southern Mississippi

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	492	16
Tennessee	460	31
North Carolina	453	30
Georgia	453	42
Virginia	421	214
South Carolina	370	8
Kentucky	331	1
Alabama	320	2
Louisiana	306	10
West Virginia	223	19

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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.

Majors Similar to Visual Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Digital Arts	5

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.