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General Visual & Performing Arts at Santa Monica College

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General Visual & Performing Arts at Santa Monica College

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

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and approximately 25,948 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.

SMC General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Visual Arts

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Visual Arts Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC General Visual & Performing Arts Associate’s Program

79% Women
68% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of visual arts associate's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in visual arts graduates 23% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 CA, the home state for Santa Monica College.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Graphic Designers 29,320 $61,100
Multimedia Artists and Animators 10,760 $87,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 9,710 $115,460
Art Directors 7,620 $127,630
Photographers 6,060 $52,720

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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