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Best for visual & performing arts

Where visual & performing arts is the biggest part of what the school does: the share of bachelor's degrees awarded in the field.

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All divisionsDivision IDivision IIDivision III
68.6%
#1 · Pratt Institute
Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Brooklyn, NY
3.5%
Median
of 1,068 schools, all divisions
19.6×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
26.4%
10th place
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Top 15

  1. 1Pratt InstituteDivision III · Atlantic East Conference · Brooklyn, NY68.6%
  2. 2Emerson CollegeDivision III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Boston, MA57.0%
  3. 3Purchase College, State University of New YorkDivision III · Skyline Conference · Purchase, NY53.4%
  4. 4Belmont UniversityDivision I · Missouri Valley Conference · Nashville, TN42.8%
  5. 5Point Park UniversityDivision II · Mountain East Conference · Pittsburgh, PA36.0%
  6. 6Oberlin CollegeDivision III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Oberlin, OH34.0%
  7. 7Bard CollegeDivision III · Liberty League · Annandale-On-Hudson, NY33.9%
  8. 8Lesley UniversityDivision III · North Atlantic Conference · Cambridge, MA33.9%
  9. 9Webster UniversityDivision III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Louis, MO26.8%
  10. 10Lawrence UniversityDivision III · Midwest Conference · Appleton, WI26.4%
  11. 11Ithaca CollegeDivision III · Liberty League · Ithaca, NY24.6%
  12. 12Converse UniversityDivision II · Conference Carolinas · Spartanburg, SC23.1%
  13. 13Dean CollegeDivision III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Franklin, MA23.0%
  14. 14Alfred UniversityDivision III · Empire 8 · Alfred, NY22.4%
  15. 15Millikin UniversityDivision III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Decatur, IL22.0%

Every school, all divisions

0.0%68.6%
#1 · Pratt Instituteevery school

The spread across 1,068 schools; the median is 3.5%.

How it is measured

First majors, bachelor’s degrees; schools awarding at least 100 bachelor’s degrees. Share, not headcount: a big university can award more degrees and still rank lower.

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The full list · top 100

#SchoolShare of bachelor's degrees in visual & performing artsIn this fieldBachelor's a yearUndergrads
1Pratt Institute
Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Brooklyn, NY
68.6%5437923,814
2Emerson College
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Boston, MA
57.0%5951,0444,171
3Purchase College, State University of New York
Division III · Skyline Conference · Purchase, NY
53.4%3666863,165
4Belmont University
Division I · Missouri Valley Conference · Nashville, TN
42.8%6891,6107,330
5Point Park University
Division II · Mountain East Conference · Pittsburgh, PA
36.0%1815032,323
6Oberlin College
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Oberlin, OH
34.0%2236562,966
7Bard College
Division III · Liberty League · Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
33.9%1434222,453
8Lesley University
Division III · North Atlantic Conference · Cambridge, MA
33.9%1183481,342
9Webster University
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Louis, MO
26.8%1465442,204
10Lawrence University
Division III · Midwest Conference · Appleton, WI
26.4%963641,410
11Ithaca College
Division III · Liberty League · Ithaca, NY
24.6%2309354,368
12Converse University
Division II · Conference Carolinas · Spartanburg, SC
23.1%36156852
13Dean College
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Franklin, MA
23.0%502171,151
14Alfred University
Division III · Empire 8 · Alfred, NY
22.4%582591,422
15Millikin University
Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Decatur, IL
22.0%723281,570
16Chapman University
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Orange, CA
21.6%3941,8227,874
17Hollins University
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Roanoke, VA
20.7%30—673
18The State University of New York at Fredonia
Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference · Fredonia, NY
20.5%1356602,877
19Muhlenberg College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Allentown, PA
20.2%1035091,788
20Albright College
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth · Reading, PA
19.8%542731,328
21Baldwin Wallace University
Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference · Berea, OH
19.6%1216172,809
22University of Montevallo
Division II · Gulf South Conference · Montevallo, AL
18.9%753972,545
23Loyola Marymount University
Division I · West Coast Conference · Los Angeles, CA
18.7%3161,6877,336
24Shenandoah University
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Winchester, VA
18.6%975212,590
25Pace University
Division II · Northeast 10 Conference · Pleasantville, NY
16.8%2841,6888,176
26New York University
Division III · University Athletic Association · New York, NY
16.6%1,3197,93229,760
27University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic
Division III · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Menomonie, WI
16.3%1971,2126,093
28University of Hartford
Division III · Conference of New England · West Hartford, CT
16.0%1257814,131
29DePaul University
Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Chicago, IL
15.8%4833,05314,374
30New England College
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Henniker, NH
15.6%37237986
31University of North Carolina Asheville
Division I · Big South Conference · Asheville, NC
15.6%1066792,907
32Rider University
Division I · Metro Conference · Lawrenceville, NJ
15.5%1137283,244
33William Peace University
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Raleigh, NC
15.3%26170730
34Nazareth University
Division III · Empire 8 · Rochester, NY
15.1%674441,900
35Occidental College
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Los Angeles, CA
15.0%604011,854
36Belhaven University
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Jackson, MS
14.5%432971,452
37Biola University
Division II · Pacific West Conference · La Mirada, CA
14.4%1117703,395
38Lipscomb University
Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference · Nashville, TN
14.3%1047253,270
39Meredith College
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Raleigh, NC
14.2%47—1,309
40Virginia Commonwealth University
Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Richmond, VA
14.2%6654,67421,205
41Houghton University
Division III · Empire 8 · Houghton, NY
13.8%21152975
42Jessup University
Division II · Pacific West Conference · Rocklin, CA
13.8%261881,056
43Wagner College
Division I · Northeast Conference · Staten Island, NY
13.7%493581,592
44Kentucky Wesleyan College
Division II · Great Midwest Athletic Conference · Owensboro, KY
13.5%20148834
45Southern Virginia University
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Buena Vista, VA
13.5%21156967
46Keene State College
Division III · Little East Conference · Keene, NH
13.4%846292,718
47Roosevelt University
Division II · Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Chicago, IL
13.4%715282,605
48Oglethorpe University
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA
13.3%372781,499
49Rochester Institute of Technology
Division III · Liberty League · Rochester, NY
12.9%3292,55214,076
50Winthrop University
Division I · Big South Conference · Rock Hill, SC
12.9%1058123,787
51Kenyon College
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Gambier, OH
12.8%483742,184
52Wesleyan University (Connecticut)
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT
12.8%987663,066
53Anderson University (Indiana)
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Anderson, IN
12.4%252021,095
54Cairn University
Division III · United East Conference · Langhorne, PA
12.2%18148855
55Flagler College
Division II · Peach Belt Conference · St. Augustine, FL
12.1%695692,432
56State University of New York at Oneonta
Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference · Oneonta, NY
12.1%1461,2054,904
57Luther College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Decorah, IA
12.0%413431,463
58Middle Tennessee State University
Division I · Conference USA · Murfreesboro, TN
12.0%5884,88817,668
59Mount Holyoke College
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · South Hadley, MA
12.0%60—2,209
60Capital University
Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference · Columbus, OH
11.9%534471,747
61University of Southern California
Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA
11.8%6815,76021,023
62State University of New York at New Paltz
Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · New Paltz, NY
11.3%1651,4566,504
63Montclair State University
Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Montclair, NJ
11.2%4243,77718,062
64Florida Southern College
Division II · Sunshine State Conference · Lakeland, FL
11.1%696212,626
65Illinois Wesleyan University
Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Bloomington, IL
11.1%383411,576
66Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Norton, MA
11.0%403621,778
67State University of New York at Potsdam
Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference · Potsdam, NY
10.9%484392,211
68University of Evansville
Division I · Missouri Valley Conference · Evansville, IN
10.9%363311,741
69Brevard College
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Brevard, NC
10.8%18166764
70Lasell University
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Auburndale, MA
10.8%272511,183
71Long Beach State University
Division I · Big West Conference · Long Beach, CA
10.8%9508,79234,243
72Chowan University
Division II · Conference Carolinas · Murfreesboro, NC
10.7%16150638
73Kutztown University of Pennsylvania
Division II · Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference · Kutztown, PA
10.7%1461,3696,420
74Lynn University
Division II · Sunshine State Conference · Boca Raton, FL
10.7%635882,823
75Centenary College (Louisiana)
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Shreveport, LA
10.6%11104620
76Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · North Adams, MA
10.6%17161836
77McMurry University
Division III · American Southwest Conference · Abilene, TX
10.6%171612,544
78Young Harris College
Division II · Conference Carolinas · Young Harris, GA
10.6%171601,403
79Whittier College
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Whittier, CA
10.5%25239813
80Alabama State University
Division I · Southwestern Athletic Conf. · Montgomery, AL
10.4%494703,322
81Berea College
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Berea, KY
10.3%292811,487
82San Francisco State University
Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association · San Francisco, CA
10.3%5225,05620,756
83California Lutheran University
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Thousand Oaks, CA
10.2%656382,380
84St. Edward's University
Division II · Lone Star Conference · Austin, TX
10.2%636162,731
85Anderson University (South Carolina)
Division II · South Atlantic Conference · Anderson, SC
10.1%666513,413
86Manhattanville University
Division III · Skyline Conference · Purchase, NY
10.1%313081,329
87Southwestern University (Texas)
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Georgetown, TX
10.1%313061,457
88University of California, Santa Cruz
Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Santa Cruz, CA
10.1%4694,65817,812
89Skidmore College
Division III · Liberty League · Saratoga Springs, NY
10.0%646402,776
90Stetson University
Division I · Atlantic Sun Conference · DeLand, FL
10.0%616082,338
91Vassar College
Division III · Liberty League · Poughkeepsie, NY
10.0%585812,456
92Purdue University Fort Wayne
Division I · Horizon League · Fort Wayne, IN
9.8%979938,110
93Ouachita Baptist University
Division II · Great American Conference · Arkadelphia, AR
9.7%313201,734
94Palm Beach Atlantic University
Division II · Sunshine State Conference · West Palm Beach, FL
9.7%444533,094
95LaGrange College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · LaGrange, GA
9.6%10104582
96St. Olaf College
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN
9.6%626463,074
97Covenant College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Lookout Mountain, GA
9.5%16169908
98Connecticut College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · New London, CT
9.4%363811,995
99Clark Atlanta University
Division II · Southern Intercol. Ath. Conf. · Atlanta, GA
9.3%414393,495
100Russell Sage College
Division III · Empire 8 · Troy, NY
9.3%242591,080
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