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Visual & Performing Arts at George Mason University

Visual & Performing Arts at George Mason University

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

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and has a total student population of 38,541.

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.

GMU Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at GMU

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? GMU offers distance education options for visual & performing arts at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

GMU Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at GMU 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 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in visual & performing arts, making the school the #60 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
49% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% 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 GMU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 George Mason University with a bachelor's in visual & performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 43
Black or African American 29
Hispanic or Latino 53
White 144
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 21

GMU Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

77% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 23% of visual & performing arts master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 26
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 George Mason University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Visual & Performing Arts 107
Music 83
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 48
Drama & Theater Arts 36
Arts & Media Management 30
Fine & Studio Arts 21
Dance 15
Design & Applied Arts 1
Other Visual Art 1

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
High School Teachers 26,830 $68,770
Managers 17,280 $134,500
Graphic Designers 5,000 $60,540
Producers and Directors 2,090 $69,750

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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