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Visual & Performing Arts at Carleton College

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

Carleton is located in Northfield, Minnesota and approximately 1,940 students attend the school each year. Of the 517 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Carleton College in 2021, 33 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.

Carleton Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts

Carleton Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The visual and performing arts major at Carleton 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 245
Most Focused Visual & Performing Arts Schools 370
Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 611

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at Carleton

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

Carleton Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

70% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of visual and performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual and performing arts at Carleton 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 Carleton 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 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 22
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Carleton 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 Carleton College. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Carleton College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Fine & Studio Arts 23
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 4
Dance 2
Drama & Theater Arts 2
Music 2

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 MN, the home state for Carleton College.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
High School Teachers 20,940 $64,610
Managers 9,350 $128,590
Graphic Designers 6,190 $53,500
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,030 $78,950
Interior Designers 1,550 $61,220

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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