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Visual & Performing Arts at Brooklyn College

Visual & Performing Arts at Brooklyn College

If you are interested in studying visual & performing arts, you may want to check out the program at Brooklyn College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Brooklyn College is located in Brooklyn, New York and has a total student population of 17,735.

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.

Brooklyn College Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

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

Brooklyn College Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at Brooklyn College 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.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at Brooklyn College

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

Brooklyn College Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

49% Women
66% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 51% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical visual & performing arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Brooklyn College since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% 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 Brooklyn College with a bachelor's in visual & performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 23
Black or African American 27
Hispanic or Latino 72
White 59
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Brooklyn College Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

59% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 41% of visual & performing arts master's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 37% men graduate in visual & performing arts each year. Brooklyn College does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

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In the visual & performing arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 40% of degree recipients. That is 2% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 17
White 41
International Students 10
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Concentrations Within Visual & Performing Arts

If you plan to be a visual & performing arts major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Brooklyn College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 139
Fine & Studio Arts 67
Music 66
Drama & Theater Arts 42
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 NY, the home state for Brooklyn College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers 74,830 $85,300
Producers and Directors 26,110 $115,610
Graphic Designers 21,350 $64,840
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 11,530 $99,870

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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