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General Visual & Performing Arts at California State University - San Marcos

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General Visual & Performing Arts at California State University - San Marcos

What traits are you looking for in a visual arts school? To help you decide if California State University - San Marcos is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's visual arts program.

CSUSM is located in San Marcos, California and has a total student population of 16,367. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students received a bachelor's degree in visual arts from CSUSM.

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

CSUSM General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts

CSUSM General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The visual arts major at CSUSM is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 General Visual & Performing Arts Schools 92

How Much Do Visual Arts Graduates from CSUSM Make?

The median salary of visual arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at CSUSM is $25,472. This is 1% higher than $25,314, which is the national average for all visual arts bachelor's degree recipients.

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Visual Arts Student Demographics at CSUSM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual arts majors at California State University - San Marcos.

CSUSM General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

56% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 59 students earned a bachelor's degree in visual arts from CSUSM. About 56% of these graduates were women and the other 44% were men. The typical visual arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at CSUSM since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its visual 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 University - San Marcos with a bachelor's in visual arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 25
White 15
International Students 7
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

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

Careers That Visual Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in visual 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 University - San Marcos.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Graphic Designers 29,320 $61,100
Multimedia Artists and Animators 10,760 $87,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 9,710 $115,460
Art Directors 7,620 $127,630
Photographers 6,060 $52,720

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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