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

a master's degree in visual & performing arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #10 out of 37 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of visual & performing arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 443 master's degrees in visual & performing arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 colleges for visual & performing arts students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Visual & Performing Arts Master's Degree Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision.

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for visual & performing arts students seeking a a master's degree.

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

1

Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

233 Annual Graduates

Maryland Institute College of Art is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Baltimore, MICA is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a master’s in visual & performing arts from Maryland Institute College of Art

2

Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

105 Annual Graduates

Johns Hopkins University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in visual & performing arts. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Baltimore.More information about a master’s in visual & performing arts from Johns Hopkins University

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	35	2,756
Pennsylvania	34	636
New Jersey	32	150
District of Columbia	32	160
Delaware	24	33

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts	200
Music	133
Fine & Studio Arts	54
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	37
Drama & Theater Arts	9
Arts & Media Management	4
Other Visual Art	4
Dance	2

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.