General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2021
989
growing 0.101%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$10,201
growing 5.58%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$38,218
growing 1.79%
Average Wage
$65,031
growing 6.06%
People in Workforce
2.2M
growing 3.58%
Average Employee Age
41.1
growing 0.489%

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In 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management degree recipients are University, FL, Los Angeles, CA, and Nashville-Davidson metropolitan government (balance), TN. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management degree recipients are Franklin Town, MA, Sarasota, FL, and Florence, AL. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management is a bachelors degree.

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Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management and the types of students that study this field. University of Central Florida awards the most degrees in General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management in the US, but Los Angeles Film School (436429) and Wagner College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management.

Tuition costs for General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management majors are, on average, $10,201 for in-state public colleges, and $38,218 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (55 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (469 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (469 completions in 2021).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$10,201
Median In-State Public
$38,218
Median Out of State Private

University of Central Florida has the most General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management degree recipients, with 169 degrees awarded in 2021.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Los Angeles Film School (436429) has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management, with 9.39%.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management by year.

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Visual & Performing Arts graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.

The average salary for Visual & Performing Arts majors is $65,031 and the most common occupations are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.

The industry that employs the most Visual & Performing Arts majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management is from the 2 Digit Course Visual & Performing Arts.
$65,031
Average Wage in Workforce
± $1,140
6.06%
1 Year Growth
± 2.36%

The average salary for Visual & Performing Arts majors is $65,031 and the most common occupations are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.

This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Visual & Performing Arts majors.

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Highest Paying Locations

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This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Visual & Performing Arts majors.

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Most Common

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The most common occupations Visual & Performing Arts majors, by number of employees, are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.

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Most Specialized

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Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Visual & Performing Arts majors working as Graphic designers, Interior designers, and Commercial and industrial designers.

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Highest Paid

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The highest paid occupations by median income for Visual & Performing Arts majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Economists.

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Occupations by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management is from the 2 Digit Course Visual & Performing Arts.
2.2M
2021 Workforce
± 36,127
3.58%
1 Year Growth
± 2.26%

The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.58%, from 2.12M in 2020 to 2.2M in 2021.

The largest single share of Visual & Performing Arts graduates go on to work as Graphic designers (4.61%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Visual & Performing Arts by share of the total number of graduates.

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Most Common

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Highest Paid

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Industries by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management is from the 2 Digit Course Visual & Performing Arts.
2.2M
2021 Workforce
± 36,127
3.58%
1 Year Growth
± 2.26%

The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.58%, from 2.12M in 2020 to 2.2M in 2021.

The industry which employs the most Visual & Performing Arts graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Visual & Performing Arts.

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Specialty Locations

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management is from the 2 Digit Course Visual & Performing Arts.

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Visual & Performing Arts majors.

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geosearchDiversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Visual & Performing Arts in the United States.

The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Visual & Performing Arts is 41.1.

The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Visual & Performing Arts (530 students).

Workforce Age

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management is from the 2 Digit Course Visual & Performing Arts.
41.1
Average Age in 2021
± 0.215 Years
0.489%
1 Year Change
± 0.746%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Visual & Performing Arts. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 29 years old, which represent 3.47% and 3.39% of the population, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Post-Masters Certificate.

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Workforce Degrees

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management is from the 2 Digit Course Visual & Performing Arts.

The most common degree types held by the working population in Visual & Performing Arts are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (64.8%)
Most Common Sex with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    530 degrees awarded
  2. Unknown
    122 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino
    110 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.

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Race & Ethnicity by Sex

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Sex Combination
  1. White Female
    227 degrees awarded
  2. White Male
    128 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino Female
    49 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management.

White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management is from the 2 Digit Course Visual & Performing Arts.
Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. Korea
    26,724 degree recipients
  2. Mexico
    20,104 degree recipients
  3. China
    16,070 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. Korea
    4.69 times more than expected
  2. Northern Ireland
    3.76 times more than expected
  3. Georgia (country)
    3.7 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Korea that hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees (4.69 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Korea (26,724 degree recipients).

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predictive-analysisSkills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management majors need many skills, but most especially Persuasion. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management majors need more than the average amount of Negotiation, Persuasion, Coordination, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management, Speaking, Service Orientation, Management of Personnel Resources, Active Listening, Writing, Reading Comprehension, Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Management of Financial Resources, Monitoring, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Mathematics, Programming, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Technology Design, Science, Operation and Control, Operation Monitoring, Equipment Selection, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, Repairing, and Quality Control Analysis.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Arts, Entertainment, & Media Management majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Negotiation is very distinctive for majors, but the Persuasion, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking, Negotiation, Critical Thinking, Coordination, Writing, Social Perceptiveness, Time Management, Active Learning, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Service Orientation, Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Mathematics, Management of Financial Resources, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Science, Programming, Technology Design, Operation Monitoring, Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, Installation, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, Repairing, and Quality Control Analysis are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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