Visual & Performing Arts at Northern Virginia Community College

What traits are you looking for in a visual arts school? To help you decide if Northern Virginia Community College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's visual arts program.

Northern Virginia Community College is located in Annandale, Virginia and approximately 52,873 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.

Northern Virginia Community College Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

Basic Certificate in Visual Arts (Less Than 1 Year)
Associate’s Degree in Visual Arts

Online Classes Are Available at Northern Virginia Community College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Northern Virginia Community College offers distance education options for visual arts at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

Northern Virginia Community College Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

Visual Arts Student Demographics at Northern Virginia Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual arts majors at Northern Virginia Community College.

Northern Virginia Community College Visual & Performing Arts Associate’s Program

50% Women

75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of visual arts associate's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in visual arts only graduates about 33% men each year. The program at Northern Virginia Community College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 17% more women than average.

Northern Virginia Community College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in visual arts graduates 27% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Virginia Community College with a associate's in visual arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 VA, the home state for Northern Virginia Community College.

Occupation	Jobs in VA	Average Salary in VA
Photographers	860	$37,420
Artists	270	$63,490
Fine Artists	210	$59,950

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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