Art History, Criticism, & Conservation
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Art History, Criticism, & Conservation degree recipients are New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and Chicago, IL. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Art History, Criticism, & Conservation degree recipients are Whittier, CA, Oberlin, OH, and Williamstown, MA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Art History, Criticism, & Conservation is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation and the types of students that study this field. Columbia University in the City of New York awards the most degrees in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation in the US, but Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY and Barnard College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation.
Tuition costs for Art History, Criticism, & Conservation majors are, on average, $8,288 for in-state public colleges, and $48,491 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Art History, Criticism, & Conservation programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (242 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (1,756 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation, is Public, 4-year or above (1,756 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Art History, Criticism, & Conservation programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Columbia University in the City of New York has the most Art History, Criticism, & Conservation degree recipients, with 98 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation.
Out of all institutions that offer Art History, Criticism, & Conservation programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Art History, Criticism, & Conservation.
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.
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.
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 Postsecondary teachers.
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.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Visual & Performing Arts majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Economists.
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.
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, Petroleum refining, and Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
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.
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 41.1.
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 (2,124 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 3.47% and 3.39% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.
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 Art History, Criticism, & Conservation.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation 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 Art History, Criticism, & Conservation.
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 (4.69 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).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Art History, Criticism, & Conservation field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Art History, Criticism, & Conservation majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Art History, Criticism, & Conservation majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Technology Design, Management of Personnel Resources, Service Orientation, Time Management, Operations Analysis, Systems Analysis, Social Perceptiveness, Quality Control Analysis, Coordination, Active Listening, Persuasion, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Speaking, Negotiation, Instructing, Active Learning, Operation Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Systems Evaluation, Monitoring, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Learning Strategies, Repairing, Programming, Troubleshooting, Mathematics, Equipment Selection, Science, Operation and Control, and Equipment Maintenance.
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 Art History, Criticism, & Conservation 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 Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Writing, Active Listening, Instructing, Active Learning, Critical Thinking, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Time Management, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Social Perceptiveness, Coordination, Systems Analysis, Service Orientation, Management of Personnel Resources, Persuasion, Systems Evaluation, Negotiation, Operations Analysis, Management of Material Resources, Mathematics, Management of Financial Resources, Science, Quality Control Analysis, Operation Monitoring, Technology Design, Programming, Troubleshooting, Repairing, Equipment Selection, Operation and Control, Installation, and Equipment Maintenance are the three most important skills for people in the field.
