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Visual & Performing Arts Degree Programs

Visual & Performing Arts covers fine arts, music, theater, dance, film/video production, graphic design, and photography. Common BFA and MFA pathways. Graduates pursue arts careers, design firms, entertainment industry, and arts administration.

Repit tracks 69 programs in this category, accounting for approximately 153,937 annual degree completions across U.S. colleges and universities. Each program below links to its detailed page with enrollment data, the colleges that offer it, and the careers it leads to.

69

Programs

153,937

Annual Degrees

Art/Art Studies, General.

18,711 annual degrees 730 colleges offering

Fine/Studio Arts, General.

12,013 annual degrees 655 colleges offering

Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.

10,778 annual degrees 848 colleges offering

Music, General.

10,690 annual degrees 997 colleges offering

Graphic Design.

10,676 annual degrees 578 colleges offering

Cinematography and Film/Video Production.

9,544 annual degrees 285 colleges offering

Music Performance, General.

7,193 annual degrees 370 colleges offering

Design and Visual Communications, General.

6,186 annual degrees 257 colleges offering

Film/Cinema/Media Studies.

5,777 annual degrees 218 colleges offering

Interior Design.

5,651 annual degrees 236 colleges offering

Digital Arts.

3,892 annual degrees 166 colleges offering

Art History, Criticism and Conservation.

3,557 annual degrees 351 colleges offering

Visual and Performing Arts, General.

3,333 annual degrees 267 colleges offering

Illustration.

3,192 annual degrees 68 colleges offering

Fashion/Apparel Design.

3,186 annual degrees 121 colleges offering

Dance, General.

3,076 annual degrees 303 colleges offering

Commercial and Advertising Art.

2,987 annual degrees 165 colleges offering

Game and Interactive Media Design.

2,986 annual degrees 153 colleges offering

Photography.

2,066 annual degrees 193 colleges offering

Music Technology.

1,938 annual degrees 120 colleges offering

Music Management.

1,866 annual degrees 106 colleges offering

Acting.

1,859 annual degrees 110 colleges offering

Design and Applied Arts, Other.

1,640 annual degrees 72 colleges offering

Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other.

1,452 annual degrees 42 colleges offering

Industrial and Product Design.

1,395 annual degrees 67 colleges offering

Music Theory and Composition.

1,336 annual degrees 147 colleges offering

Musical Theatre.

1,157 annual degrees 120 colleges offering

Music, Other.

1,141 annual degrees 92 colleges offering

Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology.

1,087 annual degrees 160 colleges offering

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General.

982 annual degrees 69 colleges offering

Visual and Performing Arts, Other.

941 annual degrees 62 colleges offering

Fine and Studio Arts Management.

930 annual degrees 72 colleges offering

Commercial Photography.

899 annual degrees 63 colleges offering

Playwriting and Screenwriting.

863 annual degrees 52 colleges offering

Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other.

751 annual degrees 74 colleges offering

Intermedia/Multimedia.

732 annual degrees 39 colleges offering

Voice and Opera.

668 annual degrees 79 colleges offering

Painting.

607 annual degrees 50 colleges offering

Stringed Instruments.

589 annual degrees 26 colleges offering

Keyboard Instruments.

534 annual degrees 63 colleges offering

Jazz/Jazz Studies.

523 annual degrees 60 colleges offering

Jewelry Arts.

483 annual degrees 22 colleges offering

Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other.

437 annual degrees 48 colleges offering

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, Other.

432 annual degrees 15 colleges offering

Music Pedagogy.

385 annual degrees 50 colleges offering

Drawing.

254 annual degrees 31 colleges offering

Sculpture.

235 annual degrees 42 colleges offering

Theatre/Theatre Arts Management.

220 annual degrees 23 colleges offering

Directing and Theatrical Production.

213 annual degrees 45 colleges offering

Conducting.

180 annual degrees 54 colleges offering

Music History, Literature, and Theory.

166 annual degrees 39 colleges offering

Woodwind Instruments.

158 annual degrees 15 colleges offering

Musicology and Ethnomusicology.

155 annual degrees 37 colleges offering

Printmaking.

154 annual degrees 34 colleges offering

Dance, Other.

153 annual degrees 25 colleges offering

Ceramic Arts and Ceramics.

153 annual degrees 46 colleges offering

Theatre and Dance.

122 annual degrees 11 colleges offering

Brass Instruments.

109 annual degrees 16 colleges offering

Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts.

107 annual degrees 11 colleges offering

Documentary Production.

88 annual degrees 14 colleges offering

Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry.

67 annual degrees 9 colleges offering

Costume Design.

64 annual degrees 13 colleges offering

Sound Arts.

53 annual degrees 8 colleges offering

Ballet.

45 annual degrees 4 colleges offering

Comedy Writing and Performance.

35 annual degrees 2 colleges offering

Percussion Instruments.

35 annual degrees 9 colleges offering

Theatre Literature, History and Criticism.

25 annual degrees 7 colleges offering

Metal Arts.

13 annual degrees 3 colleges offering

Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art.

12 annual degrees 7 colleges offering