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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
4.0%
Median
of 410 schools, Division III
17.1×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
23.0%
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. 4Oberlin CollegeDivision III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Oberlin, OH34.0%
  5. 5Bard CollegeDivision III · Liberty League · Annandale-On-Hudson, NY33.9%
  6. 6Lesley UniversityDivision III · North Atlantic Conference · Cambridge, MA33.9%
  7. 7Webster UniversityDivision III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Louis, MO26.8%
  8. 8Lawrence UniversityDivision III · Midwest Conference · Appleton, WI26.4%
  9. 9Ithaca CollegeDivision III · Liberty League · Ithaca, NY24.6%
  10. 10Dean CollegeDivision III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Franklin, MA23.0%
  11. 11Alfred UniversityDivision III · Empire 8 · Alfred, NY22.4%
  12. 12Millikin UniversityDivision III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Decatur, IL22.0%
  13. 13Chapman UniversityDivision III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Orange, CA21.6%
  14. 14Hollins UniversityDivision III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Roanoke, VA20.7%
  15. 15The State University of New York at FredoniaDivision III · State University of New York Athletic Conference · Fredonia, NY20.5%

Every school, Division III

0.0%68.6%
#1 · Pratt Instituteevery school

The spread across 410 schools; the median is 4.0%.

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
4Oberlin College
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Oberlin, OH
34.0%2236562,966
5Bard College
Division III · Liberty League · Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
33.9%1434222,453
6Lesley University
Division III · North Atlantic Conference · Cambridge, MA
33.9%1183481,342
7Webster University
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Louis, MO
26.8%1465442,204
8Lawrence University
Division III · Midwest Conference · Appleton, WI
26.4%963641,410
9Ithaca College
Division III · Liberty League · Ithaca, NY
24.6%2309354,368
10Dean College
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Franklin, MA
23.0%502171,151
11Alfred University
Division III · Empire 8 · Alfred, NY
22.4%582591,422
12Millikin University
Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Decatur, IL
22.0%723281,570
13Chapman University
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Orange, CA
21.6%3941,8227,874
14Hollins University
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Roanoke, VA
20.7%30—673
15The State University of New York at Fredonia
Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference · Fredonia, NY
20.5%1356602,877
16Muhlenberg College
Division III · Centennial Conference · Allentown, PA
20.2%1035091,788
17Albright College
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth · Reading, PA
19.8%542731,328
18Baldwin Wallace University
Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference · Berea, OH
19.6%1216172,809
19Shenandoah University
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Winchester, VA
18.6%975212,590
20New York University
Division III · University Athletic Association · New York, NY
16.6%1,3197,93229,760
21University of Wisconsin-Stout Polytechnic
Division III · Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Menomonie, WI
16.3%1971,2126,093
22University of Hartford
Division III · Conference of New England · West Hartford, CT
16.0%1257814,131
23New England College
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Henniker, NH
15.6%37237986
24William Peace University
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Raleigh, NC
15.3%26170730
25Nazareth University
Division III · Empire 8 · Rochester, NY
15.1%674441,900
26Occidental College
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Los Angeles, CA
15.0%604011,854
27Belhaven University
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Jackson, MS
14.5%432971,452
28Meredith College
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Raleigh, NC
14.2%47—1,309
29Houghton University
Division III · Empire 8 · Houghton, NY
13.8%21152975
30Southern Virginia University
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Buena Vista, VA
13.5%21156967
31Keene State College
Division III · Little East Conference · Keene, NH
13.4%846292,718
32Oglethorpe University
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA
13.3%372781,499
33Rochester Institute of Technology
Division III · Liberty League · Rochester, NY
12.9%3292,55214,076
34Kenyon College
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Gambier, OH
12.8%483742,184
35Wesleyan University (Connecticut)
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT
12.8%987663,066
36Anderson University (Indiana)
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Anderson, IN
12.4%252021,095
37Cairn University
Division III · United East Conference · Langhorne, PA
12.2%18148855
38State University of New York at Oneonta
Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference · Oneonta, NY
12.1%1461,2054,904
39Luther College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Decorah, IA
12.0%413431,463
40Mount Holyoke College
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · South Hadley, MA
12.0%60—2,209
41Capital University
Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference · Columbus, OH
11.9%534471,747
42State University of New York at New Paltz
Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · New Paltz, NY
11.3%1651,4566,504
43Montclair State University
Division III · New Jersey Athletic Conference · Montclair, NJ
11.2%4243,77718,062
44Illinois Wesleyan University
Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Bloomington, IL
11.1%383411,576
45Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Norton, MA
11.0%403621,778
46State University of New York at Potsdam
Division III · State University of New York Athletic Conference · Potsdam, NY
10.9%484392,211
47Brevard College
Division III · USA South Athletic Conference · Brevard, NC
10.8%18166764
48Lasell University
Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Auburndale, MA
10.8%272511,183
49Centenary College (Louisiana)
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Shreveport, LA
10.6%11104620
50Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
Division III · Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletic Conference · North Adams, MA
10.6%17161836
51McMurry University
Division III · American Southwest Conference · Abilene, TX
10.6%171612,544
52Whittier College
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Whittier, CA
10.5%25239813
53Berea College
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Berea, KY
10.3%292811,487
54California Lutheran University
Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Thousand Oaks, CA
10.2%656382,380
55Manhattanville University
Division III · Skyline Conference · Purchase, NY
10.1%313081,329
56Southwestern University (Texas)
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Georgetown, TX
10.1%313061,457
57University of California, Santa Cruz
Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Santa Cruz, CA
10.1%4694,65817,812
58Skidmore College
Division III · Liberty League · Saratoga Springs, NY
10.0%646402,776
59Vassar College
Division III · Liberty League · Poughkeepsie, NY
10.0%585812,456
60LaGrange College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · LaGrange, GA
9.6%10104582
61St. Olaf College
Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN
9.6%626463,074
62Covenant College
Division III · Collegiate Conference of the South · Lookout Mountain, GA
9.5%16169908
63Connecticut College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · New London, CT
9.4%363811,995
64Russell Sage College
Division III · Empire 8 · Troy, NY
9.3%242591,080
65University of Rochester
Division III · University Athletic Association · Rochester, NY
9.2%1591,7346,764
66Colorado College
Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Colorado Springs, CO
9.1%505522,145
67Whitman College
Division III · Northwest Conference · Walla Walla, WA
9.0%272991,544
68Clark University (Massachusetts)
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Worcester, MA
8.9%444922,369
69Drew University
Division III · Landmark Conference · Madison, NJ
8.9%333721,624
70Western Connecticut State University
Division III · Little East Conference · Danbury, CT
8.8%687773,542
71Earlham College
Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Richmond, IN
8.7%9103635
72University of Minnesota, Morris
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · Morris, MN
8.5%161891,020
73DeSales University
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Center Valley, PA
8.3%425052,149
74Otterbein University
Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference · Westerville, OH
8.3%374462,119
75Tufts University
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Medford, MA
8.3%1351,6346,877
76University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
Division III · Little East Conference · Dartmouth, MA
8.3%941,1275,602
77Carnegie Mellon University
Division III · University Athletic Association · Pittsburgh, PA
8.2%1371,6787,289
78Greenville University
Division III · St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Greenville, IL
8.2%13158905
79Messiah University
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Commonwealth · Mechanicsburg, PA
8.2%475762,586
80Brooklyn College
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · Brooklyn, NY
8.1%1982,44011,330
81Maryville College (Tennessee)
Division III · Southern Athletic Association · Maryville, TN
8.1%172091,142
82Pacific Lutheran University
Division III · Northwest Conference · Tacoma, WA
8.1%485952,393
83Smith College
Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Northampton, MA
8.1%50—2,506
84Knox College
Division III · Midwest Conference · Galesburg, IL
8.0%182251,001
85University of Puget Sound
Division III · Northwest Conference · Tacoma, WA
8.0%324001,632
86George Fox University
Division III · Northwest Conference · Newberg, OR
7.8%465933,004
87Hamilton College
Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Clinton, NY
7.8%384882,048
88The City College of New York
Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY
7.8%1531,95612,356
89Bridgewater College (Virginia)
Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Bridgewater, VA
7.6%212781,391
90DePauw University
Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Greencastle, IN
7.6%253281,819
91Lewis & Clark College
Division III · Northwest Conference · Portland, OR
7.6%334362,194
92Heidelberg University
Division III · Ohio Athletic Conference · Tiffin, OH
7.5%13173905
93Lebanon Valley College
Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Annville, PA
7.5%293851,710
94University of Northwestern-St. Paul
Division III · Upper Midwest Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN
7.5%324253,173
95Vermont State University Castleton
Division III · Little East Conference · Castleton, VT
7.5%537064,087
96Vermont State University-Johnson
Division III · North Atlantic Conference · Johnson, VT
7.5%537064,087
97Vermont State University Lyndon
Division III · North Atlantic Conference · Lyndonville, VT
7.5%537064,087
98Lycoming College
Division III · Landmark Conference · Williamsport, PA
7.4%172301,063
99Monmouth College (Illinois)
Division III · Midwest Conference · Monmouth, IL
7.4%14189727
100North Central College
Division III · College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin · Naperville, IL
7.4%415572,397
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