2025 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in New Jersey
3Colleges in New Jersey
191Visual Arts Degrees Awarded
$27,435Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in general visual & performing arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #116 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in New Jersey to determine which ones were the best for general visual & performing arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 191 degrees in general visual & performing arts annually.
Choosing a Great General Visual & Performing Arts School
Your choice of general visual & performing arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Visual & Performing Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your General Visual & Performing Arts Degree Level
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 Schools in New Jersey.
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 General Visual & Performing Arts in New Jersey
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 arts degrees they offer, see the list below.
Bloomfield College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general visual & performing arts. Bloomfield College is a small private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Bloomfield. This college ranks 43rd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 48 general visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Bloomfield College in the most recent data year. Soon after graduating, visual arts degree recipients usually earn around $17,625 in their early careers.
It's hard to beat Ramapo College of New Jersey if you want to pursue a degree in general visual & performing arts. Ramapo College is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Mahwah. A Best Colleges rank of #531 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ramapo College is a great college overall.
There were about 25 general visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Ramapo College in the most recent year we have data available.
Stockton University is a good option for students pursuing a degree in general visual & performing arts. Stockton State is a medium-sized public university located in the rural area of Galloway. This university ranks 19th out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 23 general visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Stockton State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the visual arts program earn about $20,705 in the first couple years of their career.
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).
Your choice of general visual & performing arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall General Visual & Performing Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
