2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Washington

If you plan on getting your master's degree in visual & performing arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #10 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 117 master's degrees in visual & performing arts to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on visual & performing arts students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of visual & performing arts students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt visual & performing arts students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized visual & performing arts related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Washington ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in Washington

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in visual & performing arts.

Top Washington Schools for a Master's in Visual & Performing Arts

1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

35 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the large city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in visual & performing arts from University of Washington - Seattle Campus

2

Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

20 Annual Graduates

Eastern Washington University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in visual & performing arts from Eastern Washington University

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
California	33	2,317
Oregon	29	157
Hawaii	27	23
Nevada	27	45
Alaska	21	3

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Music	54
Arts & Media Management	21
Fine & Studio Arts	15
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	11
Drama & Theater Arts	10
Dance	3
Design & Applied Arts	3

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 Bonnielou2013. More about our data sources and methodologies.