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Visual & Performing Arts at Carnegie Mellon University

Visual & Performing Arts at Carnegie Mellon University

What traits are you looking for in a visual & performing arts school? To help you decide if Carnegie Mellon University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's visual & performing arts program.

Carnegie Mellon is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and approximately 13,519 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.

Carnegie Mellon Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts
  • Master’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts

Online Classes Are Available at Carnegie Mellon

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? Carnegie Mellon offers distance education options for visual & performing arts at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Carnegie Mellon Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at Carnegie Mellon 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 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in visual & performing arts, making the school the #114 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at Carnegie Mellon

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

Carnegie Mellon Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% more racial-ethnic minorities in its visual & performing arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 33
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 19
White 69
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

Carnegie Mellon Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

75% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of visual & performing arts master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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Of the students who received a visual & performing arts master's degree from Carnegie Mellon, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 9
Hispanic or Latino 10
White 72
International Students 36
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

Concentrations Within Visual & Performing Arts

Visual & Performing Arts majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Carnegie Mellon University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Music 94
Drama & Theater Arts 74
Design & Applied Arts 69
Arts & Media Management 52
Fine & Studio Arts 31
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 4
General Visual & Performing Arts 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 PA, the home state for Carnegie Mellon University.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
High School Teachers 50,460 $64,830
Managers 11,060 $126,290
Graphic Designers 8,710 $53,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 5,050 $80,740

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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