Visual & Performing Arts at Rutgers University - Newark

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

Rutgers Newark is located in Newark, New Jersey and has a total student population of 13,231.

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.

Rutgers Newark Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

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

Rutgers Newark Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at Rutgers Newark 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 Rutgers Newark

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

Rutgers Newark Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% 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 Rutgers Newark since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Rutgers University - Newark with a bachelor's in visual & performing arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	19
White	10
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Rutgers Newark Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of visual & performing arts master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

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 Rutgers University - Newark. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Fine & Studio Arts	20
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	19
Music	6
Drama & Theater Arts	5

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 NJ, the home state for Rutgers University - Newark.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
High School Teachers	29,140	$76,390
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Graphic Designers	5,980	$59,140
Professors	2,670	$73,660
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,070	$90,750

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.