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Art History at School of Visual Arts

Art History at School of Visual Arts

If you are interested in studying art history, 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 has a total student population of 3,692.

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

SVA Art History Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Art History
  • Master’s Degree in Art History

SVA Art History Rankings

The art history major at SVA is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Art History. 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.

Art History Student Demographics at SVA

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

SVA Art History Bachelor’s Program

79% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of art history bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical art history bachelor's degree program is made up of only 16% men. So male students are more repesented at SVA since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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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 art history.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 5
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

SVA Art History Master’s Program

57% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 43% of art history master's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 16% men graduate in art history each year. SVA does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 27% more men than average.

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In the art history master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 1
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Art History Grads May Go Into

A degree in art history 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
Curators 1,570 $73,850
Museum Technicians and Conservators 1,490 $56,040
Archivists 1,170 $56,270

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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