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Visual & Performing Arts at Northwestern University

Visual & Performing Arts at Northwestern University

What traits are you looking for in a visual & performing arts school? To help you decide if Northwestern University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's visual & performing arts program.

Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and approximately 22,603 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.

Northwestern Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

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

Northwestern Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at Northwestern 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 27 students who received their doctoral degrees in visual & performing arts, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at Northwestern

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

Northwestern Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

60% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 40% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 60% 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 Northwestern since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

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About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts at Northwestern are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Northwestern University with a bachelor's in visual & performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 41
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 18
White 97
International Students 8
Other Races/Ethnicities 17

Northwestern Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

64% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 36% of visual & performing arts master's degrees went to men and 64% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 17
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 65
International Students 36
Other Races/Ethnicities 73

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 Northwestern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Music 156
Drama & Theater Arts 124
Arts & Media Management 52
Fine & Studio Arts 24
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 14
Design & Applied Arts 6
Dance 2

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 IL, the home state for Northwestern University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers 43,720 $72,370
Graphic Designers 11,700 $56,890
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 3,940 $68,360
Professors 3,040 $66,970

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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