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Visual & Performing Arts at Bowdoin College

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Visual & Performing Arts at Bowdoin College

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

Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and has a total student population of 1,777. Of the 619 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College in 2021, 23 of them were visual and performing arts majors.

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.

Bowdoin Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts

Bowdoin Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the visual and performing arts progam at Bowdoin compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The visual and performing arts major at Bowdoin 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 486
Most Focused Visual & Performing Arts Schools 718
Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 739
Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools 1,072

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at Bowdoin

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual and performing arts majors at Bowdoin College.

Bowdoin Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

74% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 23 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts from Bowdoin in 2021, 26% were men and 74% were women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its visual and performing arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 9
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Bowdoin also has a doctoral program available in visual and performing arts. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Visual & Performing Arts

If you plan to be a visual and performing arts major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Bowdoin College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Fine & Studio Arts 14
Drama & Theater Arts 5
Music 4

Careers That Visual & Performing Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in visual and 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 ME, the home state for Bowdoin College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
High School Teachers 5,790 $54,240
Managers 1,380 $96,570
Graphic Designers 670 $45,800
Professors 420 $57,880
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 300 $70,930

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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