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

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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 36 bachelor's degrees in visual & performing arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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

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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 New Mexico 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 New Mexico

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

Top New Mexico Schools for a Bachelor's in Visual Arts

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

14 Annual Graduates

University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a wonderful decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in visual & performing arts from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

22 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat New Mexico State University - Main Campus if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in visual & performing arts from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	572	94
Oklahoma	377	14
Arizona	356	23

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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	23

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.