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General Visual & Performing Arts at SUNY New Paltz

General Visual & Performing Arts at SUNY New Paltz

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

SUNY New Paltz is located in New Paltz, New York and has a total student population of 7,489.

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.

SUNY New Paltz General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts

SUNY New Paltz General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual arts major at SUNY New Paltz is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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 Arts Student Demographics at SUNY New Paltz

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual arts majors at SUNY New Paltz.

SUNY New Paltz General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 12% of visual arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual arts at SUNY New Paltz are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY New Paltz with a bachelor's in visual arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 25
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within General Visual & Performing Arts

The following visual arts concentations are available at SUNY New Paltz. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from SUNY New Paltz. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Visual & Performing Arts 45

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 NY, the home state for SUNY New Paltz.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
Graphic Designers 21,350 $64,840
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 11,530 $99,870
Art Directors 8,320 $124,710
Photographers 4,090 $53,150
Multimedia Artists and Animators 2,060 $86,490

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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