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Visual & Performing Arts at Mount Holyoke College

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

Mt. Holyoke is located in South Hadley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,040 students attend the school each year. Of the 628 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mount Holyoke College in 2021, 55 of them were visual and performing arts majors.

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.

Mt. Holyoke Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts

Mt. Holyoke Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the visual and performing arts progam at Mt. Holyoke compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The visual and performing arts major at Mt. Holyoke 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Focused Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 182
Most Focused Visual & Performing Arts Schools 286
Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 434
Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools 623

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at Mt. Holyoke

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual and performing arts majors at Mount Holyoke College.

Mt. Holyoke Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 55 visual and performing arts students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Mt. Holyoke, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual and performing arts at Mt. Holyoke are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a bachelor's in visual and performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 31
International Students 9
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Mt. Holyoke also has a doctoral program available in visual and performing arts. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Visual & Performing Arts

Visual & Performing Arts majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Mount Holyoke College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Fine & Studio Arts 24
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 10
Dance 7
Drama & Theater Arts 7
Music 7

Careers That Visual & Performing Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in visual and 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 MA, the home state for Mount Holyoke College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
High School Teachers 26,420 $80,020
Managers 8,660 $131,450
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Graphic Designers 5,680 $64,010
Producers and Directors 3,250 $70,480

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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