Voice & Opera

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Total Degrees
Awarded in 2017

730

growing 1.96%

Median In-State
Public Tuition

$9,096

growing 0.099%

Median Out-of-State
Private Tuition

$30,446

growing 2.35%

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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Employment

Diversity

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The locations with the highest concentration of Voice & Opera degree recipients are New York, NY, , and Boston, MA. The locations with a relatively high number of Voice & Opera degree recipients are York, NE, Hartsville, SC, and South Nyack, NY. The most common degree awarded to students studying Voice & Opera is a bachelors degree.

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Institutions

Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Voice & Opera and the types of students that study this field. Rider University awards the most degrees in Voice & Opera in the US, but Manhattan School of Music and San Francisco Conservatory of Music have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Voice & Opera.

Tuition costs for Voice & Opera majors are, on average, $9,096 for in-state public colleges, and $30,446 for out of state private colleges.

The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Voice & Opera programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (78 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (603 completions).

Institutions

Institution with the Most Degrees Awarded in Voice & Opera

The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Voice & Opera, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (603 completions).

The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Voice & Opera programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.

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Tuition Costs for Common Institutions

$9,096

Median In-State Public

$30,446

Median Out of State Private

Rider University has the most Voice & Opera degree recipients, with 87 degrees awarded in 2017.

The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Voice & Opera.

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Specialized Colleges

Highest Concentration Institution

Manhattan School of Music
24.9%
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
20.8%
Longy School of Music of Bard College
19.5%

Out of all institutions that offer Voice & Opera programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Manhattan School of Music and San Francisco Conservatory of Music have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Voice & Opera, with 24.9% and 20.8%, respectively.

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Degrees Awarded by County

Counties with the Most Degrees Awarded in Voice & Opera

This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Voice & Opera 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 Voice & Opera.

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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 (434) 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 Voice & Opera are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Postbaccalaureate Certificate.

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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 (67.9%)

Most Common Gender with a Degree in this Field

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Race & Ethnicity by Degrees Awarded

Most Common Race or Ethnicity

White
434 degrees awarded
Non-resident Alien
112 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino
52 degrees awarded

This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Voice & Opera 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
172 degrees awarded
White Male
79 degrees awarded
Hispanic or Latino Female
26 degrees awarded

This chart illustrates the differences by gender for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Voice & Opera. 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 Voice & Opera 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 Voice & Opera field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Voice & Opera majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Voice & Opera majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Operation and Control, and Repairing.

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 Voice & Opera 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 Speaking, Reading Comprehension, and Active Listening are the three most important skills for people in the field.