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General Visual & Performing Arts at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

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General Visual & Performing Arts at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

If you plan to study general visual and performing arts, take a look at what New Mexico State University - Main Campus has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and approximately 14,227 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,425 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from New Mexico State University - Main Campus in 2021, 22 of them were general visual and performing arts majors.

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.

NMSU Main Campus General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts

NMSU Main Campus General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the visual arts progam at NMSU Main Campus compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The visual arts major at NMSU Main Campus 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Value General Visual & Performing Arts Schools 121
Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools 127

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in visual arts from NMSU Main Campus. This is the #33 most popular school for visual arts master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Visual Arts Graduates from NMSU Main Campus Make?

The median salary of visual arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at NMSU Main Campus is $20,160. This is less than $25,314, which is the national average of all visual arts majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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Visual Arts Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual arts majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
73% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The visual arts program at NMSU Main Campus awarded 22 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 36% of these degrees went to men with the other 64% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 28% more racial-ethnic minorities in its visual arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in visual arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 13
White 5
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

NMSU Main Campus also has a doctoral program available in visual arts. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Graphic Designers 590 $44,040
Photographers 230 $53,720
Multimedia Artists and Animators 140 $57,280
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 100 $55,430
Art Directors 70 $100,030

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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