Art History, Criticism, & Conservation

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2017

3,969

declining 8.4%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$8,091

growing 0.634%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$42,354

growing 4.71%

Average Wage

$58,627

growing 2.69%

People in Workforce

2.15M

growing 5.42%

Average Employee Age

growing 0.514%

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Institutions

Employment

Diversity

Skills

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The locations with the highest concentration of Art History, Criticism, & Conservation degree recipients are New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, and Chicago, IL. The locations with a relatively high number of Art History, Criticism, & Conservation degree recipients are Aurora, NY, Danville, KY, and Appleton, WI. The most common degree awarded to students studying Art History, Criticism, & Conservation is a bachelors degree.

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Institutions

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. New York University awards the most degrees in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation in the US, but Sotheby's Institute of Art-NY and Christie's Education have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation.

Tuition costs for Art History, Criticism, & Conservation majors are, on average, $8,091 for in-state public colleges, and $42,354 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 (249 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (1,915 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation, is Public, 4-year or above (1,915 completions).

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.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$8,091

Median In-State Public

$42,354

Median Out of State Private

New York University has the most Art History, Criticism, & Conservation degree recipients, with 148 degrees awarded in 2017.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation.

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Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

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 and Christie's Education have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation, with 100% and 100%, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation 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 Art History, Criticism, & Conservation.

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Employment

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 $58,627 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Graphic designers, 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 Psychiatric and substance abuse hospitals.

Wages

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

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$58,627

Average Wage in Workforce

± $1,024

2.69%

1 Year Growth

± 2.43%

The average salary for Visual & Performing Arts majors is $58,627 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Graphic designers, and Postsecondary teachers.

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

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± 35,763

5.42%

1 Year Growth

± 2.26%

The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 5.42%, from 2.04M in 2017 to 2.15M in 2018.

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

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PUMAS with a relatively high number of Visual & Performing Arts majors

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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Diversity

Demographic information on those who earn a degree in Visual & Performing Arts in the US. The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Visual & Performing Arts is 41, and 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 earn the majority (2,440) of the degrees.

Workforce Age

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Average Age in 2018

± 0.219 Years

0.514%

1 Year Change

± 0.765%

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 28 and 27 years old, which represent 3.73% and 3.48% of the population, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Research Doctorate.

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Workforce Degrees

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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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Gender Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (84.5%)

Most Common Gender with a Degree in this Field

This chart shows the granted degrees by gender at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Art History, Criticism, & Conservation.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
2,440 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
455 degrees awarded
Non-resident Alien
369 degrees awarded

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.

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Race & Ethnicity by Gender

Most Common Race/Ethnicity and Gender Combination

White Female
1,491 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
322 degrees awarded
White Male
253 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by gender 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 gender.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Art History, Criticism, & Conservation is from the 2 Digit Course Visual & Performing Arts.

Most Common Countries of Origin

Korea
23,589 degree recipients
Mexico
22,675 degree recipients
China
15,823 degree recipients

High Relative Number of Students

Singapore
5.4 times more than expected
Bulgaria
5.37 times more than expected
Malaysia
4.23 times more than expected

There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Singapore that hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees (5.4 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 (23,589 degree recipients).

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Skills

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, and Management of Financial Resources.

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, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.