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Visual & Performing Arts at School of Visual Arts

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

SVA is located in New York, New York and approximately 3,692 students attend the school each year. Of the 733 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from School of Visual Arts in 2021, 374 of them were visual and performing arts majors.

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.

SVA Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

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

SVA Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the visual and performing arts progam at SVA compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The visual and performing arts major at SVA 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools 20
Most Focused Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools 32
Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 39
Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools 40
Most Focused Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 65
Most Focused Visual & Performing Arts Schools 105
Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools 290
292
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools 377
Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 437
465
Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools 470
494
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 527
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools 583

In 2021, 145 students received their master’s degree in visual and performing arts from SVA. This makes it the #20 most popular school for visual and performing arts master’s degree candidates in the country.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at SVA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual and performing arts majors at School of Visual Arts.

SVA Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

69% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 374 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Visual & Performing Arts from SVA in 2020-2021, 31% were men and 69% were women.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from School of Visual Arts with a bachelor's in visual and performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 37
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 41
White 100
International Students 171
Other Races/Ethnicities 10

SVA Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

70% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The visual and performing arts program at SVA awarded 145 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 30% of these degrees went to men with the other 70% going to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 41
International Students 75
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

SVA also has a doctoral program available in visual and performing arts. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Visual & Performing Arts

If you plan to be a visual and 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 School of Visual Arts. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Design & Applied Arts 220
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 194
Fine & Studio Arts 105

Careers That Visual & Performing Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in visual and 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 NY, the home state for School of Visual Arts.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers 74,830 $85,300
Producers and Directors 26,110 $115,610
Graphic Designers 21,350 $64,840
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 11,530 $99,870

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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