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General Visual & Performing Arts at Borough of Manhattan Community College

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General Visual & Performing Arts at Borough of Manhattan Community College

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

BMCC is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 22,496.

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.

BMCC General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Visual Arts

BMCC General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

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Visual Arts Student Demographics at BMCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual arts majors at Borough of Manhattan Community College.

BMCC General Visual & Performing Arts Associate’s Program

70% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 30% of visual arts associate's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

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BMCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in visual arts graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Borough of Manhattan Community College with a associate's in visual arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 12
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 6
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 NY, the home state for Borough of Manhattan Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Graphic Designers 21,350 $64,840
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 11,530 $99,870
Art Directors 8,320 $124,710
Photographers 4,090 $53,150
Multimedia Artists and Animators 2,060 $86,490

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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