2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Iowa
7Colleges in Iowa
1,282Visual & 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 Iowa ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,282 degrees in visual & performing arts annually.
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.
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 Schools in Iowa list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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.
Iowa State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. Iowa State is a very large public university located in the small city of Ames. A Best Colleges rank of #88 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Iowa State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 272 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Iowa State in the most recent year we have data available. Visual & Performing Arts degree recipients from Iowa State University earn a boost of about $9,668 above the average income of visual & performing arts majors.
University of Iowa is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the small city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were roughly 360 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program earn about $28,867 in the first couple years of working.
Any student pursuing a degree in visual & performing arts has to check out Luther College. Located in the remote town of Decorah, Luther is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 9th out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were roughly 74 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Luther in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the visual & performing arts major at Luther College get $17,507 above the typical college graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
University of Northern Iowa is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. UNI is a medium-sized public university located in the city of Cedar Falls. A Best Colleges rank of #270 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNI is a great university overall.
There were roughly 87 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UNI in the most recent data year. Visual & Performing Arts degree recipients from University of Northern Iowa earn a boost of about $2,638 above the typical earnings of visual & performing arts graduates.
DMACC is a very large public college located in the large suburb of Ankeny. This college ranks 6th out of 37 colleges for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were about 80 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at DMACC in the most recent year we have data available. Students who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program earn about $25,265 in the first couple years of working.
Kirkwood Community College is a large public college located in the medium-sized city of Cedar Rapids. This college ranks 16th out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 20 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Kirkwood Community College in the most recent data year. Visual & Performing Arts degree recipients from Kirkwood Community College earn a boost of approximately $4,256 over the typical earnings of visual & performing arts graduates.
UIU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the remote area of Fayette. This university ranks 28th out of 37 schools for overall quality in the state of Iowa.
There were approximately 13 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UIU in the most recent data year. Degree recipients from the visual & performing arts major at Upper Iowa University earn $3,262 more than the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.
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.
