2025 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Arizona
4Colleges in Arizona
151Visual 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 Arizona ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 151 degrees in general visual & performing arts to qualified students.
Choosing a Great General Visual & Performing Arts School
The visual arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Visual & Performing Arts rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings by 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 Arizona 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 Arizona
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.
It's hard to beat Arizona State University - Tempe if you wish to pursue a degree in general visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were approximately 21 general visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the visual arts program earn an average of $22,817 in their early career salary.
It's difficult to beat University of Advancing Technology if you want to pursue a degree in general visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Tempe, University of Advancing Technology is a private for-profit university with a fairly small student population.
There were approximately 20 general visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at University of Advancing Technology in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the visual arts program make an average of $27,824 in the first couple years of their career.
Grand Canyon University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in general visual & performing arts. Grand Canyon University is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Phoenix. This university ranks 5th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 54 general visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Grand Canyon University in the most recent year we have data available. After graduation, visual arts degree recipients typically make about $24,691 in their early careers.
Any student pursuing a degree in general visual & performing arts has to look into Pima Community College. Pima County Community College District is a large public college located in the city of Tucson. This college ranks 10th out of 26 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 49 general visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Pima County Community College District 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 income of $25,344.
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).
The visual arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Visual & Performing Arts rankings. 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.
