General Visual & Performing Arts

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Total Degrees​
Awarded in 2022
3,211
growing 2.59%
Median In-State​
Public Tuition
$7,243
growing 2.45%
Median Out-of-State​
Private Tuition
$36,000
growing 2.89%

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In 2022, the locations with the highest concentration of General Visual & Performing Arts degree recipients are Columbus, OH, George Mason, VA, and Huntington Beach, CA. In 2022, the locations with a relatively high number of General Visual & Performing Arts degree recipients are North Bennington, VT, Buena Vista, VA, and North Adams, MA. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Visual & Performing Arts is a bachelors degree.

Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Visual & Performing Arts and the types of students that study this field. George Mason University (232186) awards the most degrees in General Visual & Performing Arts in the US, but Hussian College-Los Angeles and Young Americans College of the Performing Arts have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Visual & Performing Arts.

Tuition costs for General Visual & Performing Arts majors are, on average, $7,243 for in-state public colleges, and $36,000 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Visual & Performing Arts programs are Public, 2-year institutions (139 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 4-year or above (1,426 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Visual & Performing Arts (2022)
  1. 119 degrees awarded
  2. 107 degrees awarded
  3. 101 degrees awarded

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Visual & Performing Arts, is Public, 4-year or above (1,426 completions in 2022).

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

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$7,243
Median In-State Public
$36,000
Median Out of State Private

George Mason University (232186) has the most General Visual & Performing Arts degree recipients, with 119 degrees awarded in 2022.

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Specialized Colleges

Out of all institutions that offer General Visual & Performing Arts programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Hussian College-Los Angeles has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Visual & Performing Arts, with 100%.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in General Visual & Performing Arts
  1. 257 degrees awarded
  2. 204 degrees awarded
  3. 187 degrees awarded

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Visual & Performing Arts by year.

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Growth in Awarded Degrees

Counties with the Fastest Growing Number of Degrees Awarded
  1. 500%
  2. 383%
  3. 333%

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Diversity

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

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 (1,443 students).

Degrees Awarded

The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Visual & Performing Arts are Bachelors Degree, Associates Degree, and Masters Degree.

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Sex Imbalance for Common Institutions

Female (65.4%)
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 Visual & Performing Arts.

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity
  1. White
    1,443 degrees awarded
  2. Hispanic or Latino
    710 degrees awarded
  3. Black or African American
    366 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Visual & Performing Arts 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
    540 degrees awarded
  2. White Male
    279 degrees awarded
  3. Hispanic or Latino Female
    172 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in General 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.

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Global Diversity

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course General Visual & Performing Arts is from the 2 Digit Course Visual & Performing Arts.
Most Common Countries of Origin
  1. Korea
    27,165 degree recipients
  2. Mexico
    21,333 degree recipients
  3. China
    16,314 degree recipients
High Relative Number of Students
  1. Korea
    4.63 times more than expected
  2. Iceland
    4 times more than expected
  3. Northern Ireland
    3.99 times more than expected

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).

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Visual & Performing Arts field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Visual & Performing Arts majors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Visual & Performing Arts majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Equipment Selection, 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 General Visual & Performing 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 Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Active Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking are the three most important skills for people in the field.

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