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2024 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Mississippi

5 Colleges in Mississippi
769 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
$23,259 Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in visual & performing arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #10 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Mississippi ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 769 degrees in visual & performing arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Visual & Performing Arts School

Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Mississippi Your choice of visual & performing arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.

Pick Your Visual & Performing Arts Degree Level

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 Mississippi list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts in Mississippi

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the visual & performing arts degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Mississippi Schools in Visual & Performing Arts

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Mississippi State crest
Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
46 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
8.7% Growth in Graduates

Any student who is interested in visual & performing arts has to check out Mississippi State University. Located in the remote town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #284 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Mississippi State is a great university overall.

There were about 46 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi State in the most recent data year. Those visual & performing arts students who get their degree from Mississippi State University receive $2,055 more than the standard visual & performing arts graduate.

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2
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
37 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
2.7% Growth in Graduates

Mississippi College is a great option for students pursuing a degree in visual & performing arts. MC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Clinton. This college ranks 4th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.

There were approximately 37 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at MC in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the visual & performing arts degree program at Mississippi College earn $7,149 more than the average college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

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3
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
190 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
27.9% Growth in Graduates

University of Southern Mississippi is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.

There were about 190 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Southern Miss in the most recent year we have data available. Those visual & performing arts students who get their degree from University of Southern Mississippi receive $7,832 more than the average visual & performing arts graduate.

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Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
98 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
15.3% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in visual & performing arts has to take a look at University of Mississippi. Ole Miss is a very large public university located in the town of University. A Best Colleges rank of #361 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Ole Miss is a great university overall.

There were approximately 98 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Ole Miss in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, visual & performing arts degree recipients usually earn about $21,896 in the first five years of their career.

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5
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
45 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
$14,825 Median Starting Salary

Located in the city of Jackson, Belhaven is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 9th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.

There were roughly 45 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Belhaven in the most recent year we have data available. Soon after graduating, visual & performing arts degree recipients generally make about $14,825 at the beginning of their careers.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 38 3,192
West Virginia 38 405
South Carolina 38 1,353
Florida 38 7,266
Virginia 38 3,458
Arkansas 38 821
Alabama 37 1,138
Kentucky 37 1,060
Georgia 37 4,303
Tennessee 37 2,628
Louisiana 37 1,147

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Music 182
General Visual & Performing Arts 156
Design & Applied Arts 146
Fine & Studio Arts 130
Drama & Theater Arts 64
Arts & Media Management 56
Dance 32
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 3

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