2025 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Mississippi
4Colleges in Mississippi
172Visual Arts Degrees Awarded
$27,435Avg Early-Career Salary
General Visual & Performing Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #116 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Mississippi ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 172 degrees in general visual & performing arts to qualified students.
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. We derive our Best Overall General 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 General Visual & Performing Arts Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Mississippi ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for General Visual & Performing Arts in Mississippi
The schools below may not offer all types of visual arts degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student pursuing a degree in general visual & performing arts needs to take a look at Delta State University. Delta State University is a small public university located in the remote town of Cleveland. This university ranks 20th out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were roughly 16 general visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Delta State University in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the visual arts program make an average of $24,839 in the first couple years of their career.
It is hard to beat Mississippi State University if you want to pursue a degree in general visual & performing arts. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #583 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Mississippi State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 46 general visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Mississippi State in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the visual arts program state that they receive average early career earnings of $24,752.
University of Southern Mississippi is a good choice for students interested in a degree in general visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #1161 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Southern Miss is a great university overall.
There were roughly 16 general visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Southern Miss in the most recent data year.
Jackson State University is a good option for students interested in a degree in general visual & performing arts. Jackson State is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Jackson. This university ranks 16th out of 24 colleges for overall quality in the state of Mississippi.
There were about 18 general visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Jackson State in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the visual arts program make about $23,555 for their early 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).