2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in New Mexico

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general visual and performing arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #99 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 5 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in New Mexico ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 73 bachelor's degrees in general visual and performing arts to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great General Visual & Performing Arts School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your bachelor's degree in visual arts matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in New Mexico ranking.

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of general visual and performing arts students usually has them for a reason. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. Plus, you can view our other rankings for general visual and performing arts.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Visual & Performing Arts in New Mexico

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general visual and performing arts.

Most Well Attended Schools for Visual Arts Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

55 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In NM

University of New Mexico - Main Campus is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in general visual and performing arts. Located in the large city of Albuquerque, UNM is a public university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in general visual and performing arts in New Mexico.

There were roughly 55 general visual and performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UNM in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in general visual and performing arts from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

17 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In NM

$20,800 Median Salary

New Mexico State University - Main Campus is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general visual and performing arts. Located in the suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public university with a large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in general visual and performing arts in New Mexico.

There were about 17 general visual and performing arts students who graduated with this degree at NMSU Main Campus in the most recent year we have data available.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the visual arts program earn around $20,800 in the first couple years of their career.

More information about a bachelor’s in general visual and performing arts from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

3

Navajo Technical University
Crownpoint, NM

1 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

Navajo Technical University is a popular option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in general visual and performing arts. Navajo Tech is a small public university located in the rural area of Crownpoint.

There were about 1 general visual and performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Navajo Tech in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in general visual and performing arts from Navajo Technical University

4

Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development
Santa Fe, NM

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general visual and performing arts. Located in the rural area of Santa Fe, Institute of American Indian Arts is a public school with a fairly small student population. More information about a bachelor’s in general visual and performing arts from Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development

4

Western New Mexico University
Silver City, NM

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Western New Mexico University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general visual and performing arts. Western New Mexico University is a small public university located in the remote town of Silver City. More information about a bachelor’s in general visual and performing arts from Western New Mexico University

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	229	186
Oklahoma	192	21
Arizona	187	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	46
Visual & Performing Arts	27

Majors Similar to Visual Arts

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts	102
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	95
Music	37
Drama & Theater Arts	33
Dance	11
Design & Applied Arts	5

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.