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General Visual & Performing Arts at SUNY New Paltz

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General Visual & Performing Arts at SUNY New Paltz

Every general visual and performing arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the visual arts program at SUNY New Paltz stacks up to those at other schools.

SUNY New Paltz is located in New Paltz, New York and has a total student population of 7,489. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in visual arts from SUNY New Paltz.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the visual arts progam at SUNY New Paltz compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type Rank
44
Most Focused General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 48

How Much Do Visual Arts Graduates from SUNY New Paltz Make?

The median salary of visual arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY New Paltz is $28,650. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 13% higher than the national average of $25,314 for all visual arts bachelor's degree recipients.

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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

89% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 visual arts majors earned their bachelor's degree from SUNY New Paltz. Of these graduates, 11% were men and 89% were women.

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About 73% 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 4
White 33
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

SUNY New Paltz also has a doctoral program available in visual arts. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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