IPEDS 2023 completions · bachelor's degrees · New York

Visual and Performing Arts colleges in New York, ranked by graduates

45 colleges in New York awarded at least 10 bachelor's degrees in visual and performing arts in 2023: 5,515 degrees, 7.2% of all bachelor's degrees at those colleges (4.3% across every college CollegeCalcAI tracks). New York University graduated the most (1,319, 16.6% of its class). 17 of the 45 are public universities. The median acceptance rate among them is 66%; the most selective is Columbia University at 4%.

Colleges

in New York, 10+ degrees

Degrees awarded

5,515

2023, bachelor's

Share of degrees

7.2%

at these colleges

Median acceptance

66%

17 public, 28 private

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Visual and Performing Arts colleges in New York

Every New York college awarding at least 10 bachelor's degrees in visual and performing arts, ranked by 2023 graduates. Click a college for its visual and performing arts page.

#	College	Type	Degrees (2023)	Share of grads	Acceptance rate	SAT 75th
1	New York University	Private	1,319	16.6%	9%	1530
2	Rochester Institute of Technology	Private	329	12.9%	67%	1380
3	Syracuse University	Private	305	9.1%	46%	1400
4	Pace University	Private	284	16.8%	76%	1220
5	Ithaca College	Private	230	24.6%	69%	1280
6	Queens College (NY)	Public	207	8%	64%	1120
7	Brooklyn College	Public	198	8.1%	58%	1180
8	SUNY New Paltz	Public	165	11.3%	62%	1180
9	Fordham University	Private	164	7.8%	59%	1370
10	University of Rochester	Private	159	9.2%	40%	1460
11	University at Buffalo	Public	151	3.2%	74%	1330
12	SUNY Oneonta	Public	146	12.1%	70%	1180
13	Bard College	Private	143	33.9%	52%	1230
14	SUNY Fredonia	Public	135	20.5%	78%	1180
15	Columbia University	Private	114	4.7%	4%	1560
16	Binghamton University	Public	111	3%	39%	1430
17	Hofstra University	Private	109	9%	68%	1310
18	SUNY Oswego	Public	103	7.3%	81%	1180
19	Long Island University	Private	102	7.3%	86%	1120
20	Marist University	Private	85	7.8%	57%	1300
21	Buffalo State University	Public	77	7.1%	73%	1180
22	Skidmore College	Private	64	10%	21%	1390
23	Stony Brook University	Public	59	1.3%	49%	1400
24	Alfred University	Private	58	22.4%	74%	1230
25	Vassar College	Private	58	10%	19%	1490
26	SUNY Brockport	Public	53	4.2%	71%	1180
27	Adelphi University	Private	50	4.6%	66%	1230
28	Wagner College	Private	49	13.7%	88%	1140
29	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Private	48	3.8%	63%	1460
30	SUNY Potsdam	Public	48	10.9%	78%	1180
31	Cornell University	Private	44	1.1%	9%	1550
32	Molloy University	Private	44	6%	82%	1150
33	Hamilton College	Private	38	7.8%	14%	1500
34	CUNY Staten Island	Public	35	2.7%	92%	1100
35	SUNY Plattsburgh	Public	32	3.6%	78%	1180
36	University at Albany	Public	31	1.1%	69%	1260
37	Colgate University	Private	28	3.8%	14%	1460
38	St. John's University	Private	27	1.5%	83%	1280
39	Daemen University	Private	26	6.3%	68%	1150
40	Hobart College	Private	19	5.3%	64%	1230
41	SUNY Geneseo	Public	19	2.1%	66%	1180
42	St. Lawrence University	Private	16	3.3%	54%	1230
43	Mercy University	Private	12	1%	86%	1150
44	Roberts Wesleyan University	Private	11	3.9%	71%	1150
45	Baruch College	Public	10	0.3%	48%	1180

Questions about visual and performing arts colleges in New York

What is the best college for visual and performing arts in New York?

By bachelor's degrees awarded in 2023, the largest visual and performing arts programs in New York are New York University (1,319), Rochester Institute of Technology (329), Syracuse University (305). "Best" depends on your profile: this page ranks every New York college in the field by output and shows each one's acceptance rate and admitted SAT so you can match it to your own numbers.

How many colleges in New York offer visual and performing arts?

45 four-year colleges in New York awarded 10 or more bachelor's degrees in visual and performing arts in 2023, 17 public and 28 private, for 5,515 graduates in total.

Is in-state status an advantage for visual and performing arts in New York?

At the 17 public universities on this list, New York residents are usually admitted at a higher rate than out-of-state applicants and pay in-state tuition. CollegeCalcAI applies the residency effect when you set your home state, and the per-major adjustment when you set the major.

Visual and Performing Arts elsewhere

The same field in other states, and the national ranking.

All visual and performing arts colleges, nationally →TX · 39 AL · 15 NC · 26 AZ · 4 AR · 12 TN · 20 IN · 24 KY · 13 ID · 4 MA · 25 OH · 28 IL · 26 UT · 7 RI · 6 PA · 46 CA · 51 MI · 23 SC · 18 CO · 11 MD · 14 All colleges in New York →

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 Completions (bachelor's degrees, first majors, CIP 2-digit series), joined to CollegeCalcAI's admissions dataset. Built 2026-09-19. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are not predictions or guarantees.