2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Nebraska
6Colleges in Nebraska
811Visual & 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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools in Nebraska ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 811 degrees in visual & performing arts annually.
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.
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 Nebraska.
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Best Schools for Visual & Performing Arts in Nebraska
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 Nebraska - Lincoln is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in visual & performing arts. UNL is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lincoln. A Best Colleges rank of #207 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UNL is a great university overall.
There were approximately 196 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UNL in the most recent data year. Those visual & performing arts students who get their degree from University of Nebraska - Lincoln make $3,266 more than the average visual & performing arts graduate.
Nebraska Wesleyan University is a wonderful decision for students pursuing a degree in visual & performing arts. Located in the large city of Lincoln, NWU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 13th out of 19 schools for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were approximately 36 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at NWU in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, visual & performing arts degree recipients typically make around $23,649 at the beginning of their careers.
It's difficult to beat University of Nebraska at Kearney if you wish to pursue a degree in visual & performing arts. UNK is a medium-sized public university located in the distant town of Kearney. This university ranks 11th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were approximately 58.00000000000001 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UNK in the most recent year we have data available. Those visual & performing arts students who get their degree from University of Nebraska at Kearney make $20,476 more than the typical visual & performing arts student.
Metropolitan Community College is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in visual & performing arts. MCC is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Omaha. A Best Colleges rank of #615 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means MCC is a great college overall.
There were about 125 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at MCC in the most recent year we have data available. Visual & Performing Arts degree recipients from Metropolitan Community College earn a boost of about $2,274 over the typical earnings of visual & performing arts majors.
Located in the city of Omaha, UNOMAHA is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 19 colleges for overall quality in the state of Nebraska.
There were roughly 114.99999999999999 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at UNOMAHA 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 wages of $27,301.
Bellevue University is a large private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of Bellevue. A Best Colleges rank of #390 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Bellevue University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 49 visual & performing arts students who graduated with this degree at Bellevue University in the most recent year we have data available. Degree recipients from the visual & performing arts program at Bellevue University make $11,453 above the typical graduate with the same degree when they enter the workforce.
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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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.
