UM
Public
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Amherst, MA
Visual and Performing Arts
PhD
- Students
- 31,726
- Retention
- 92%
- Programs
- 201
- Awards 2024-25
- 10,173
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Colleges offering doctoral degrees (research) in Visual and Performing Arts
127 U.S. colleges and universities offer programs in Visual and Performing Arts at the phd level. Results are ordered by the number of graduates each school reported in the program.
Most schools offering it: California (211), New York (148), Pennsylvania (117), Texas (115), Ohio (87), Illinois (86)
Showing 121–127 of 127 schools
VCU
Public
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, VA
Visual and Performing Arts
PhD
- Students
- 28,464
- Retention
- 85%
- Programs
- 167
- Awards 2024-25
- 7,324
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NIU
Public
Northern Illinois University
Dekalb, IL
Visual and Performing Arts
PhD
- Students
- 15,414
- Retention
- 70%
- Programs
- 103
- Awards 2024-25
- 4,012
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EU
Private nonprofit
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
Visual and Performing Arts
PhD
- Students
- 15,175
- Retention
- 96%
- Programs
- 128
- Awards 2024-25
- 5,053
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TUL
Private nonprofit
Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
Visual and Performing Arts
PhD
- Students
- 13,310
- Retention
- 93%
- Programs
- 176
- Awards 2024-25
- 4,625
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SMU
Private nonprofit
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
Visual and Performing Arts
PhD
- Students
- 12,116
- Retention
- 91%
- Programs
- 151
- Awards 2024-25
- 3,943
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BMC
Private nonprofit
Bryn Mawr College
Bryn Mawr, PA
Visual and Performing Arts
PhD
- Students
- 1,679
- Retention
- 92%
- Programs
- 42
- Awards 2024-25
- 534
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Programs within Visual and Performing Arts
- Music 1,153 schools
- Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts 986 schools
- Art/Art Studies 858 schools
- Fine/Studio Arts 752 schools
- Graphic Design 660 schools
- Music Performance 509 schools
- Art History, Criticism and Conservation 443 schools
- Visual and Performing Arts, General 357 schools
- Dance 352 schools
- Cinematography and Film/Video Production 349 schools
- Design and Visual Communications 324 schools
- Interior Design 264 schools
- Film/Cinema/Media Studies 261 schools
- Photography 260 schools
- Digital Arts 246 schools
- Commercial and Advertising Art 239 schools
- Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 224 schools
- Game and Interactive Media Design 219 schools
- Music Theory and Composition 211 schools
- Music Technology 167 schools
- Musical Theatre 162 schools
- Music Management 148 schools
- Music, Other 148 schools
- Fashion/Apparel Design 147 schools
- Acting 139 schools
- Voice and Opera 118 schools
- Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other 113 schools
- Fine and Studio Arts Management 111 schools
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management 110 schools
- Keyboard Instruments 105 schools
- Design and Applied Arts, Other 102 schools
- Visual and Performing Arts, Other 93 schools
- Jazz/Jazz Studies 88 schools
- Music Pedagogy 86 schools
- Commercial Photography 82 schools
- Ceramic Arts and Ceramics 81 schools
- Illustration 81 schools
- Industrial and Product Design 81 schools
- Sculpture 76 schools
- Music History, Literature, and Theory 74 schools
- Playwriting and Screenwriting 74 schools
- Conducting 72 schools
- Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other 69 schools
- Painting 69 schools
- Directing and Theatrical Production 65 schools
- Intermedia/Multimedia 59 schools
- Drawing 57 schools
- Musicology and Ethnomusicology 54 schools
- Theatre 52 schools
- Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other 51 schools
- Printmaking 49 schools
- Stringed Instruments 38 schools
- Dance, Other 33 schools
- Jewelry Arts 31 schools
- Documentary Production 28 schools
- Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, Other 23 schools
- Crafts 23 schools
- Costume Design 20 schools
- Theatre Literature, History and Criticism 20 schools
- Brass Instruments 19 schools