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General Visual & Performing Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design

General Visual & Performing Arts at Minneapolis College of Art and Design

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

MCAD is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a total student population of 760.

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.

MCAD General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Visual Arts

MCAD General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

Visual Arts Student Demographics at MCAD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual arts majors at Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

MCAD General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

86% Women
14% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of visual arts master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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Of the students who received a visual arts master's degree from MCAD, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Minneapolis College of Art and Design with a master's in visual arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Digital Arts 17

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 MN, the home state for Minneapolis College of Art and Design.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Graphic Designers 6,190 $53,500
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,030 $78,950
Art Directors 960 $95,300
Photographers 770 $54,150
Multimedia Artists and Animators 300 $61,550

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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