Photography at School of Visual Arts

32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you are interested in studying photography, you may want to check out the program at School of Visual Arts. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SVA is located in New York, New York and approximately 3,692 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Photography section at the bottom of this page.

SVA Photography Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Photography
Master’s Degree in Photography

SVA Photography Rankings

The photography major at SVA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Photography. 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.

Photography Student Demographics at SVA

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the photography majors at School of Visual Arts.

SVA Photography Bachelor’s Program

72% Women

32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of photography bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	18
International Students	34
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

SVA Photography Master’s Program

74% Women

5% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 26% of photography master's degrees went to men and 74% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	4
International Students	36
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Careers That Photography Grads May Go Into

A degree in photography 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	11,530	$99,870
Photographers	4,090	$53,150

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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