Other Visual & Performing Arts
Add ComparisonIn 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of Other Visual & Performing Arts degree recipients are New York, NY, Chester, VA, and Norfolk, VA. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of Other Visual & Performing Arts degree recipients are Chester, VA, Aurora, NY, and Scottsbluff, NE. The most common degree awarded to students studying Other Visual & Performing Arts is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Other Visual & Performing Arts and the types of students that study this field. New York University awards the most degrees in Other Visual & Performing Arts in the US, but Goddard College and Brightpoint Community College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Visual & Performing Arts.
Tuition costs for Other Visual & Performing Arts majors are, on average, $8,711 for in-state public colleges, and $48,413 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Other Visual & Performing Arts programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (46 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (631 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Other Visual & Performing Arts, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (631 completions in 2022).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Other Visual & Performing Arts programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
New York University has the most Other Visual & Performing Arts degree recipients, with 288 degrees awarded in 2022.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Other Visual & Performing Arts.
Out of all institutions that offer Other Visual & Performing Arts programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Goddard College has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Other Visual & Performing Arts, with 17.8%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Other Visual & Performing Arts by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Other Visual & Performing Arts.
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 $70,742 and the most common occupations are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
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.
The average salary for Visual & Performing Arts majors is $70,742 and the most common occupations are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Visual & Performing Arts majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Visual & Performing Arts majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Visual & Performing Arts majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Visual & Performing Arts majors, by number of employees, are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Other managers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Visual & Performing Arts majors working as Graphic designers, Commercial and industrial designers, and Interior designers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Visual & Performing Arts majors are Physicians, Surgeons, and Magnetic resonance imaging technologists.
The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.24%, from 2.2M in 2021 to 2.28M in 2022.
The largest single share of Visual & Performing Arts graduates go on to work as Graphic designers (4.71%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Visual & Performing Arts by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Visual & Performing Arts majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Specialized design services.
The highest paying industries of Visual & Performing Arts majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, and Petroleum refining.
The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.24%, from 2.2M in 2021 to 2.28M in 2022.
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.
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.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Visual & Performing Arts majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
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 41.2.
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 (467 students).
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 3.4% and 3.31% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Other Visual & Performing Arts are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Visual & Performing Arts are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Other Visual & Performing Arts.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Other Visual & Performing Arts for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Other Visual & Performing Arts.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Korea that hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees (4.63 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 (27,165 degree recipients).
