2025 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio

General Visual & Performing Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #94 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 82 bachelor's degrees in general visual & performing arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general visual & performing arts students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other general visual & performing arts students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for general visual & performing arts to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general visual & performing arts related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general visual & performing arts students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Ohio.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Visual & Performing Arts in Ohio

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for general visual & performing arts students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Ohio Schools for a Bachelor's in Visual Arts

1

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, OH

15 Annual Graduates

Ohio University - Athens Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general visual & performing arts. Located in the distant town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general visual & performing arts from Ohio University - Athens Campus

2

Bowling Green State University - Main Campus
Bowling Green, OH

30 Annual Graduates

$18,819 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in general visual & performing arts has to look into Bowling Green State University - Main Campus. Located in the fringe town of Bowling Green, BGSU is a public university with a large student population.

Bachelor's graduates who receive their degree from the visual arts program earn around $18,819 in their early career salary.

More information about a bachelor’s in general visual & performing arts from Bowling Green State University - Main Campus

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	261	2
Illinois	241	49
Indiana	235	16
Wisconsin	213	76

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Rankings in Majors Related to Visual Arts

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, General Visual & Performing Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Visual Arts Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Digital Arts	76
Visual & Performing Arts	6

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts	972
Fine & Studio Arts	646
Music	630
Drama & Theater Arts	456
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	291
Dance	102
Arts & Media Management	55
Other Visual Art	16
Crafts, Folk Art & Artisanry	2

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.