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Visual & Performing Arts at Rhode Island School of Design

Visual & Performing Arts at Rhode Island School of Design

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

RISD is located in Providence, Rhode Island and has a total student population of 2,227.

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.

RISD Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

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

RISD Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at RISD 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.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at RISD

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual & performing arts majors at Rhode Island School of Design.

RISD Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

72% Women
46% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 28% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 Rhode Island School of Design with a bachelor's in visual & performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 59
Black or African American 17
Hispanic or Latino 28
White 78
International Students 70
Other Races/Ethnicities 26

RISD Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

68% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 32% of visual & performing arts master's degrees went to men and 68% went to women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Rhode Island School of Design with a master's in visual & performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 12
International Students 35
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 Rhode Island School of Design. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Fine & Studio Arts 125
Design & Applied Arts 73
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 42

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 RI, the home state for Rhode Island School of Design.

Occupation Jobs in RI Average Salary in RI
High School Teachers 4,410 $71,440
Managers 830 $114,660
Graphic Designers 820 $58,720
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 710 $83,080
Jewelers, Precious Stone and Metal Workers 660 $43,710

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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