2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Utah
7Colleges in Utah
2,283Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
$27,860Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in visual & performing arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #10 out of 38 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 looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Utah ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 2,283 degrees in visual & performing arts to qualified students.
The visual & performing arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts rankings. We derive our Best Overall 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.
The visual & performing arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Utah.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the visual & performing arts degrees they offer, see the list below.
University of Utah is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the midsize city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #213 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means U of U is a great university overall.
There were approximately 413 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at U of U in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the visual & performing arts program at University of Utah get $2,023 more than the standard college grad in this field when they enter the workforce.
Any student who is interested in visual & performing arts has to take a look at Brigham Young University - Provo. Located in the city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #257 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 331 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program earn about $29,155 for their early career.
It is difficult to beat Utah Valley University if you wish to pursue a degree in visual & performing arts. UVU is a very large public university located in the city of Orem. This university ranks 7th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 790 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the visual & performing arts major at Utah Valley University earn $2,922 more than the typical graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Utah State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. USU is a very large public university located in the small city of Logan. This university ranks 6th out of 11 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 105 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the visual & performing arts program at Utah State University make $4,849 more than the standard college graduate with the same degree shortly after graduation.
Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #389 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WSU is a great university overall.
There were about 88 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent data year. Those visual & performing arts students who get their degree from Weber State University receive $12,647 more than the standard visual & performing arts graduate.
Located in the town of Cedar City, Southern Utah University is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were roughly 163 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Southern Utah University in the most recent data year. After graduating, visual & performing arts degree recipients generally make about $27,335 in their early careers.
Dixie State College is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Saint George. This university ranks 10th out of 11 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.
There were approximately 112 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Dixie State College in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the visual & performing arts program report average early career earnings of $23,524.
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).
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The visual & performing arts program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts rankings. We derive our Best Overall Visual & Performing Arts School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
