Highest Job Growth Bachelor's Visual & Performing Arts Programs

These are the highest job growth bachelor's visual & performing arts programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Full Sail University leading at 3.5%.

Rank Institution State Growth Completers
1 Full Sail University FL 3.5% 594
2 New York University NY 3.5% 446
3 Savannah College of Art and Design GA 3.5% 361
4 Emerson College MA 3.5% 298
5 Georgia State University GA 3.5% 266
6 DePaul University IL 3.5% 239
7 California State University-Long Beach CA 3.5% 220
8 Los Angeles Film School CA 3.5% 207
9 San Francisco State University CA 3.5% 195
10 University of California-Riverside CA 3.5% 190
11 University of Central Florida FL 3.5% 187
12 Chapman University CA 3.5% 180
13 University of Southern California CA 3.5% 178
14 University of California-Irvine CA 3.5% 175
15 University of California-Santa Barbara CA 3.5% 174
16 University of California-Santa Cruz CA 3.5% 173
17 Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ 3.5% 165
18 Columbia College Chicago IL 3.5% 162
19 School of Visual Arts NY 3.5% 152
20 University of Utah UT 3.5% 137
21 Temple University PA 3.5% 133
22 Southern New Hampshire University NH 3.5% 130
23 Loyola Marymount University CA 3.5% 117
24 Rochester Institute of Technology NY 3.5% 116
25 University of California-Berkeley CA 3.5% 112
26 Ithaca College NY 3.5% 112
27 New York Film Academy CA 3.5% 109
28 CUNY Brooklyn College NY 3.5% 106
29 Middle Tennessee State University TN 3.5% 105
30 University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee WI 3.5% 101
31 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI 3.5% 96
32 Montclair State University NJ 3.5% 96
33 Massachusetts College of Art and Design MA 3.5% 91
34 Virginia Commonwealth University VA 3.5% 91
35 Biola University CA 3.5% 90
36 University of North Carolina Wilmington NC 3.5% 89
37 California State University-Sacramento CA 3.5% 88
38 University of South Carolina-Columbia SC 3.5% 88
39 University of Oregon OR 3.5% 85
40 The New School NY 3.5% 84
41 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA 3.5% 82
42 Pace University NY 3.5% 77
43 University of California-Davis CA 3.5% 76
44 California College of ASU CA 3.5% 75
45 University of Nevada-Las Vegas NV 3.5% 75
46 University of New Mexico-Main Campus NM 3.5% 75
47 University of North Carolina School of the Arts NC 3.5% 75
48 Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ 3.5% 73
49 Cleveland State University OH 3.5% 72
50 Pratt Institute-Main NY 3.5% 70

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes bachelor's programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.