2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico

Visual & Performing Arts is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #9 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in New Mexico to determine which ones were the best for visual & performing arts students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 305 bachelor's degrees in visual & performing arts to qualified students.

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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 bachelor's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their bachelor'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 bachelor'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 bachelor'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 bachelor'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 Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Mexico ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in New Mexico

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts.

Top New Mexico Schools for a Bachelor's in Visual & Performing Arts

1

University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, NM

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

160 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts has to look into University of New Mexico - Main Campus. UNM is a very large public university located in the large city of Albuquerque.More information about a bachelor’s in visual & performing arts from University of New Mexico - Main Campus

2

New Mexico State University - Main Campus
Las Cruces, NM

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

76 Annual Graduates

New Mexico State University - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public university located in the suburb of Las Cruces.More information about a bachelor’s in visual & performing arts from New Mexico State University - Main Campus

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	35	5,336
Arizona	33	1,538
Oklahoma	32	864

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	128
Fine & Studio Arts	82
General Visual & Performing Arts	34
Music	33
Drama & Theater Arts	21
Dance	7

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.