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2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Rhode Island

4 Colleges in Rhode Island
709 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
$28,667 Avg Early-Career Salary
Visual & Performing Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #10 most popular degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of visual & performing arts. Combined, these schools handed out 709 degrees in visual & performing arts to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Visual & Performing Arts School

Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Rhode Island Your choice of visual & performing arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for visual & performing arts schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Visual & Performing Arts Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Visual & Performing Arts
Bachelor's Degrees in Visual & Performing Arts
Master's Degrees in Visual & Performing Arts
Doctor's Degrees in Visual & Performing Arts

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 Schools in Rhode Island list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts in Rhode Island

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

Top Rhode Island Schools in Visual & Performing Arts

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Brown University
Providence, RI
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
94 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
$22,550 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in visual & performing arts has to look into Brown University. Located in the medium-sized city of Providence, Brown is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #21 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Brown is a great university overall.

There were approximately 94.00000000000001 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Brown in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduation, visual & performing arts degree recipients generally make an average of $22,550 in their early careers.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
240 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
$32,831 Median Starting Salary

Every student who is interested in visual & performing arts has to check out Rhode Island School of Design. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Providence.

There were approximately 240 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at RISD in the most recent data year. Those visual & performing arts students who get their degree from Rhode Island School of Design make $4,164 more than the average visual & performing arts grad.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
110 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
22.7% Growth in Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Rhode Island if you want to pursue a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 4th out of 9 colleges for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.

There were approximately 110 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at URI in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, visual & performing arts degree recipients generally make an average of $27,006 at the beginning of their careers.

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Rhode Island College
Providence, RI
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
98 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
20.4% Growth in Graduates

Rhode Island College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 9th out of 9 schools for overall quality in the state of Rhode Island.

There were roughly 98 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at RIC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program earn about $26,654 in the first couple years of their career.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 37 931
Maine 37 263
Massachusetts 37 5,118
Connecticut 35 1,514
Vermont 34 550

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts 279
Design & Applied Arts 159
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 104
Drama & Theater Arts 82
Music 72
Dance 13

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