Visual & Performing Arts at George Mason University

If you plan to study visual & performing arts, take a look at what George Mason University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

GMU is located in Fairfax, Virginia and approximately 38,541 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.

GMU Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

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

GMU Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual 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.

Visual Arts Student Demographics at GMU

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

GMU Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of visual arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women. The typical visual arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at GMU since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its visual 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 arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	49
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

GMU Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 100% of visual arts master's degrees went to men and 0% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in visual arts each year. GMU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 67% more men than average.

In the visual arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 52% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

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 VA, the home state for George Mason University.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Photographers	860	$37,420
Artists	270	$63,490
Fine Artists	210	$59,950

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Lucien Dalarun under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.