Visual & Performing Arts at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775.

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.

NYU Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

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

NYU Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at NYU 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.

There were 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in visual & performing arts, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 36% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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 New York University with a bachelor's in visual & performing arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	107
Black or African American	97
Hispanic or Latino	229
White	442
International Students	203
Other Races/Ethnicities	122

NYU Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of visual & performing arts master's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a master's in visual & performing arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	34
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	64
White	268
International Students	210
Other Races/Ethnicities	38

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from New York University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Drama & Theater Arts	453
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	426
Other Visual Art	206
Music	197
Fine & Studio Arts	160
Dance	52

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Producers and Directors	26,110	$115,610
Graphic Designers	21,350	$64,840
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.