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General Visual & Performing Arts at Harrisburg Area Community College

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General Visual & Performing Arts at Harrisburg Area Community College

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

HACC is located in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 15,376.

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.

HACC General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Visual Arts

Online Classes Are Available at HACC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, HACC does offer online courses in visual arts for the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

HACC General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Visual Arts Student Demographics at HACC

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

HACC General Visual & Performing Arts Associate’s Program

63% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of visual arts associate's degrees went to men and 63% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in visual arts at HACC are white. Around 63% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 10
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 PA, the home state for Harrisburg Area Community College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Graphic Designers 8,710 $53,050
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 5,050 $80,740
Photographers 1,740 $34,790
Art Directors 1,110 $98,410
Multimedia Artists and Animators 470 $68,580

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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