2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region
8Colleges in the Southwest Region
309Visual Arts Degrees Awarded
A degree in visual & performing arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #221 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 8 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 309 degrees in visual & performing arts annually.
The visual 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The visual arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southwest Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the visual arts degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in visual & performing arts needs to look into Texas Tech University. Texas Tech is a very large public university located in the city of Lubbock. A Best Colleges rank of #161 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were approximately 12 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent data year.
Arizona State University - Tempe is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Tempe. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were roughly 20 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in visual & performing arts needs to check out The University of Texas at Dallas. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #209 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UT Dallas is a great university overall.
There were about 36 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UT Dallas in the most recent year we have data available.
San Jacinto Community College is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in visual & performing arts. San Jacinto College is a very large public college located in the midsize city of Pasadena. This college ranks 31st out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 78 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at San Jacinto College in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Tucson, Pima County Community College District is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #612 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Pima County Community College District is a great college overall.
There were roughly 25 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Pima County Community College District in the most recent year we have data available.
NMSU Main Campus is a large public university located in the suburb of Las Cruces. This university ranks 11th out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Mexico.
There were roughly 21 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Main Campus in the most recent data year.
Located in the fringe town of Claremore, RSU is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 23rd out of 31 schools for overall quality in the state of Oklahoma.
There were approximately 23 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at RSU in the most recent data year.
UH Downtown is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Houston. This university ranks 50th out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were approximately 31 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UH Downtown in the most recent year we have data available.
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).
The visual 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.
