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General Visual & Performing Arts at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

General Visual & Performing Arts at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

What traits are you looking for in a visual arts school? To help you decide if Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's visual arts program.

MCLA is located in North Adams, Massachusetts and approximately 1,202 students attend the school each year.

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.

MCLA General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts

MCLA General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual arts major at MCLA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 MCLA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual arts majors at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

MCLA General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

47% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 53% of visual arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 47% went to women. The typical visual arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at MCLA since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual arts at MCLA are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts with a bachelor's in visual arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within General Visual & Performing Arts

If you plan to be a visual arts major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Visual & Performing Arts 14

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 MA, the home state for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Graphic Designers 5,680 $64,010
Art Directors 1,310 $97,810
Photographers 1,220 $65,090
Multimedia Artists and Animators 610 $71,210

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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