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Animation & Special Effects at Forsyth Technical Community College

If you plan to study Animation & Special Effects, you may want to check out the program at Forsyth Technical Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Forsyth Technical Community College is located in Winston-Salem, NC.

For the most recent IPEDS reporting year, 8 animation & special effects degrees were granted at Forsyth Technical Community College.

Studying Online at Forsyth Technical Community College

Distance learning is available at Forsyth Technical Community College. Among 9,099 students, 4,007 (44%) studied exclusively online and 2,589 (28%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of Animation & Special Effects graduates at Forsyth Technical Community College, by degree type.

Program-wide, Animation & Special Effects graduates at Forsyth Technical Community College are 38% women (3) and 62% men (5).

Animation & Special Effects Associate’s Program at Forsyth Technical Community College

Among the 8 associate’s animation & special effects degrees awarded at Forsyth Technical Community College, 38% were women (3) and 62% were men (5).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Animation & Special Effects associate’s degree recipients at Forsyth Technical Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	5
Hispanic / Latino	1
Black / African American	2

Minority students account for 38% of Animation & Special Effects associate’s degree recipients at Forsyth Technical Community College, lower than the national average of 56%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Best-Paid Careers for Animation & Special Effects Graduates

Those who complete Animation & Special Effects program at Forsyth Technical Community College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the top-paying careers for Animation & Special Effects graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Special Effects Artists and Animators	$57,836

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.