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Visual & Performing Arts at Ball State University

Visual & Performing Arts at Ball State University

If you are interested in studying visual & performing arts, you may want to check out the program at Ball State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and approximately 21,597 students attend the school each year.

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

Ball State Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Visual & Performing Arts (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts
  • Master’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts

Online Classes Are Available at Ball State

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Ball State offers distance education options for visual & performing arts at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Ball State Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at Ball State is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Visual & Performing 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.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in visual & performing arts, making the school the #65 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at Ball State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual & performing arts majors at Ball State University.

Ball State Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

72% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts at Ball State are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a bachelor's in visual & performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 18
Hispanic or Latino 21
White 174
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 15

Ball State Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

76% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of visual & performing arts master's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

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Of the students who received a visual & performing arts master's degree from Ball State, 72% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a master's in visual & performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 18
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within Visual & Performing Arts

Visual & Performing Arts majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Ball State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Fine & Studio Arts 76
Drama & Theater Arts 50
Music 43
Design & Applied Arts 39
Dance 21
Arts & Media Management 2

Careers That Visual & Performing Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in visual & performing 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 IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
High School Teachers 19,690 $53,030
Managers 7,290 $71,560
Graphic Designers 3,740 $45,030
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,030 $68,070
Interior Designers 1,090 $42,610

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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