2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in New Mexico

If you plan on majoring in visual & performing arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #221 in the country in terms of popularity. 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 Schools in New Mexico ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 36 degrees in visual & performing arts to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Visual & Performing Arts Schools List

Visual & Performing Arts Rankings by Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in New Mexico ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts in New Mexico

The schools below may not offer all types of visual arts degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top New Mexico Schools in Visual Arts

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

28.6% Growth in Graduates

University of New Mexico - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in visual & performing arts from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

22.7% Growth in Graduates

It's hard to beat New Mexico State University - Main Campus if you wish to pursue a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public university with a large student population.More information about a degree 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 Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	905	181
Arizona	670	53
Oklahoma	565	14

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Visual & Performing Arts Related Rankings by Major

One of 1 majors within the General Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Visual & Performing Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Visual Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Digital Arts	36

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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.