Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Visual & Performing Arts at Mississippi University for Women

Visual & Performing Arts at Mississippi University for Women

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

MUW is located in Columbus, Mississippi and approximately 2,704 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.

MUW Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

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

MUW Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at MUW 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 & Performing Arts Student Demographics at MUW

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

MUW Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

42% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 58% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 42% 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 MUW since its program graduates 21% more men than average.

undefined

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% 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 Mississippi University for Women with a bachelor's in visual & performing arts.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 5
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

MUW Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

69% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of visual & performing arts master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

undefined

Of the students who received a visual & performing arts master's degree from MUW, 92% 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 Mississippi University for Women with a master's in visual & performing arts.

undefined
Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 Mississippi University for Women. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Music 7
General Visual & Performing Arts 4
Drama & Theater Arts 3

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 MS, the home state for Mississippi University for Women.

Occupation Jobs in MS Average Salary in MS
High School Teachers 8,920 $47,190
Managers 1,230 $82,230
Graphic Designers 830 $42,640
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 660 $62,540
Producers and Directors 290 $44,310

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.

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.