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Fine & Studio Arts at Amherst College

Fine & Studio Arts at Amherst College

If you plan to study fine & studio arts, take a look at what Amherst College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 1,745.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Fine & Studio Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Amherst Fine & Studio Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts

Amherst Fine & Studio Arts Rankings

The fine arts major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Fine & Studio Arts. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Fine Arts Student Demographics at Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the fine arts majors at Amherst College.

Amherst Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of fine arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its fine arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor's in fine arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Fine & Studio Arts

If you plan to be a fine arts major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Amherst College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Art Studies 5

Careers That Fine Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in fine arts can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Amherst College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers 26,420 $80,020
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Art Directors 1,310 $97,810
Photographers 1,220 $65,090
Multimedia Artists and Animators 610 $71,210

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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