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General Visual & Performing Arts at Ocean County College

General Visual & Performing Arts at Ocean County College

If you plan to study general visual & performing arts, take a look at what Ocean County College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

OCC is located in Toms River, New Jersey and approximately 7,480 students attend the school each year.

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.

OCC General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Visual Arts

OCC General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

Visual Arts Student Demographics at OCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual arts majors at Ocean County College.

OCC General Visual & Performing Arts Associate’s Program

69% Women
13% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 31% of visual arts associate's degrees went to men and 69% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in visual arts at OCC are white. Around 69% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 43
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

Concentrations Within General Visual & Performing Arts

If you plan to be a visual 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 Ocean County College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Digital Arts 17
Visual & Performing Arts 6

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 NJ, the home state for Ocean County College.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Graphic Designers 5,980 $59,140
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 2,070 $90,750
Photographers 1,400 $35,840
Art Directors 1,030 $104,820
Multimedia Artists and Animators 490 $79,850

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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