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2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Kansas

6 Colleges in Kansas
1,031 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
$27,860 Avg 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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Kansas to determine which ones were the best for visual & performing arts students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,031 degrees in visual & performing arts annually.

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Choosing a Great Visual & Performing Arts School

Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Kansas Your choice of visual & performing arts school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Pick Your Visual & Performing Arts Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Visual & Performing Arts
Bachelor's Degrees in Visual & Performing Arts
Master's Degrees in Visual & Performing Arts
Doctor's Degrees in Visual & Performing Arts

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 Schools in Kansas list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts in Kansas

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.

Top Kansas Schools in Visual & Performing Arts

1
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
111 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
18.0% Growth in Graduates

It's difficult to beat Johnson County Community College if you wish to pursue a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the city of Overland Park, JCCC is a public college with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #347 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means JCCC is a great college overall.

There were approximately 111 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at JCCC in the most recent data year. Visual & Performing Arts degree recipients from Johnson County Community College earn a boost of approximately $4,170 over the typical income of visual & performing arts graduates.

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2
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University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
307 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
4.6% Growth in Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Kansas if you want to pursue a degree in visual & performing arts. KU is a very large public university located in the small city of Lawrence. A Best Colleges rank of #192 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means KU is a great university overall.

There were roughly 307 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at KU in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program make an average of $29,338 in their early career salary.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
186 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
8.6% Growth in Graduates

Wichita State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. WSU is a large public university located in the city of Wichita. This university ranks 15th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of Kansas.

There were about 186 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the visual & performing arts program state that they receive average early career wages of $26,472.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
145 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
17.9% Growth in Graduates

Kansas State University is a good choice for students interested in a degree in visual & performing arts. K -State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Manhattan. A Best Colleges rank of #269 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means K -State is a great university overall.

There were about 145 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at K -State in the most recent year we have data available. Those visual & performing arts students who get their degree from Kansas State University make $5,132 more than the standard visual & performing arts graduate.

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5
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
45 Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Awarded
31.1% Growth in Graduates

FHSU is a large public university located in the remote town of Hays. This university ranks 26th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.

There were about 45 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at FHSU in the most recent year we have data available. Those visual & performing arts students who get their degree from Fort Hays State University earn $4,049 more than the average visual & performing arts student.

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Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
$19,276 Median Starting Salary

ESU is a small public university located in the town of Emporia. This university ranks 11th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of Kansas.

There were approximately 30 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at ESU in the most recent data year. Students who receive their degree from the visual & performing arts program make an average of $19,276 in their early career salary.

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 38 1,711
Iowa 38 1,292
South Dakota 38 188
Missouri 38 1,886
Nebraska 36 727
North Dakota 35 160

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts 325
Fine & Studio Arts 249
Music 179
General Visual & Performing Arts 107
Drama & Theater Arts 74
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 57
Dance 27
Arts & Media Management 13

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