2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #9 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 361 bachelor's degrees in visual & performing arts during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to visual & performing arts students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other visual & performing arts students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for visual & performing arts to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized visual & performing arts related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Visual & Performing Arts Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in West Virginia

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

Top West Virginia Schools for a Bachelor's in Visual & Performing Arts

1

West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

199 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat West Virginia University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts. WVU is a very large public university located in the city of Morgantown.More information about a bachelor’s in visual & performing arts from West Virginia University

2

Marshall University
Huntington, WV

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

47 Annual Graduates

Marshall University is a good choice for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts. Marshall University is a large public university located in the city of Huntington.More information about a bachelor’s in visual & performing arts from Marshall University

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
North Carolina	34	2,522
Mississippi	34	432
Florida	34	5,296
Virginia	34	2,570
Alabama	33	1,019
Georgia	33	3,360
Tennessee	32	2,286
South Carolina	32	1,157
Kentucky	31	894
Louisiana	31	928
Arkansas	30	723

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Fine & Studio Arts	124
Design & Applied Arts	96
Music	61
Drama & Theater Arts	47
General Visual & Performing Arts	23
Dance	10

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.