Fine & Studio Arts
Contains Stem Majors
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of Fine & Studio Arts degree recipients are New York, NY, Chicago, IL, and Los Angeles, CA. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of Fine & Studio Arts degree recipients are Carlsbad, CA, Bloomfield Hills, MI, and Bard College, NY. The most common degree awarded to students studying Fine & Studio Arts is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Fine & Studio Arts and the types of students that study this field. School of the Art Institute of Chicago awards the most degrees in Fine & Studio Arts in the US, but Gemological Institute of America-New York and Gemological Institute of America-Carlsbad have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Fine & Studio Arts.
Tuition costs for Fine & Studio Arts majors are, on average, $7,716 for in-state public colleges, and $44,652 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Fine & Studio Arts programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (624 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (23,085 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Fine & Studio Arts, is Public, 4-year or above (23,085 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Fine & Studio Arts programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
School of the Art Institute of Chicago has the most Fine & Studio Arts degree recipients, with 920 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Fine & Studio Arts.
Out of all institutions that offer Fine & Studio Arts programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Gemological Institute of America-New York has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Fine & Studio Arts, with 100%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Fine & Studio Arts by year.
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 $76,381 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 $76,381 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 for 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 Artists & related workers, Designers, and Musicians, singers, & related workers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Visual & Performing Arts majors are Pumping station operators, Surgeons, and Physicians.
The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.34%, from 2.36M in 2023 to 2.44M in 2024.
The largest single share of Visual & Performing Arts graduates go on to work as Graphic designers (4.42%). 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 Computer Systems Design.
The highest paying industries of Visual & Performing Arts majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Petroleum refining, and Software publishers.
The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.34%, from 2.36M in 2023 to 2.44M in 2024.
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 41.4.
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 (18,367 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 32 and 33 years old, which represent 3.33% and 3.22% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Fine & Studio Arts are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate.
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 Fine & Studio Arts.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Fine & Studio Arts for each race & ethnicity.
In 2024, 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 Fine & Studio 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 (4.47 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 (28,018 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Fine & Studio Arts field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Fine & Studio Arts majors need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Fine & Studio Arts majors need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Equipment Selection.
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 Fine & Studio Arts 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 Repairing is very distinctive for majors, but the Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.
