2025 Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Vermont

a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #9 out of 38 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Vermont ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 455 bachelor's degrees in visual & performing arts to qualified students.

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on visual & performing arts students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of visual & performing arts students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt visual & performing arts students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized visual & performing arts related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for visual & performing arts students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Vermont list, to help you choose the best school for you.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Visual & Performing Arts in Vermont

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for visual & performing arts students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Vermont Schools for a Bachelor's in Visual & Performing Arts

1

Champlain College
Burlington, VT

147 Annual Graduates

Champlain College is a good option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Burlington.More information about a bachelor’s in visual & performing arts from Champlain College

2

University of Vermont
Burlington, VT

97 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Vermont if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts. UVM is a large public university located in the small city of Burlington.More information about a bachelor’s in visual & performing arts from University of Vermont

Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	33	3,985
New Hampshire	32	790
Maine	32	229
Rhode Island	32	570
Connecticut	31	947

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Visual & Performing Arts Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
General Visual & Performing Arts	88
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	74
Fine & Studio Arts	71
Design & Applied Arts	66
Music	65
Drama & Theater Arts	48
Dance	21
Arts & Media Management	14
Community/Environmental/Socially-Engaged Art	6
Other Visual Art	2

Notes and References

• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Bonnielou2013. More about our data sources and methodologies.