Visual & Performing Arts at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

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

Cal Poly Pomona is located in Pomona, California and approximately 30,014 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 192 students received a bachelor's degree in visual and performing arts from Cal Poly Pomona.

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.

Cal Poly Pomona Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts

Cal Poly Pomona Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks visual and performing arts programs across the country. The following shows how Cal Poly Pomona performed in these rankings.

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 Cal Poly Pomona 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
Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools	311
Most Focused Visual & Performing Arts Schools	988

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at Cal Poly Pomona

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual and performing arts majors at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.

Cal Poly Pomona Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

Of the 192 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Visual & Performing Arts from Cal Poly Pomona in 2020-2021, 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical visual and performing arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 38% men. So male students are more repesented at Cal Poly Pomona since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 45% 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 California State Polytechnic University - Pomona with a bachelor's in visual and performing arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	53
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	79
White	21
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

Cal Poly Pomona 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

The following visual and performing arts concentations are available at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Design & Applied Arts	113
Music	39
Drama & Theater Arts	34
Fine & Studio Arts	6

Related Majors

• Philosophy & Religious Studies
• Foreign Languages & Linguistics
• English Language & Literature
• Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

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 CA, the home state for California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Graphic Designers	29,320	$61,100
Producers and Directors	25,320	$115,080

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Victorrocha under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.