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Visual & Performing Arts at Stephens College

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Visual & Performing Arts at Stephens College

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

Stephens is located in Columbia, Missouri and approximately 622 students attend the school each year. Of the 113 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Stephens College in 2021, 30 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.

Stephens Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Stephens

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Stephens offers distance education options for visual and performing arts at the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

Stephens Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the visual and performing arts progam at Stephens 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 Stephens 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
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools 18
Most Focused Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools 40
Most Focused Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 98
Most Focused Visual & Performing Arts Schools 136
Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools 209
Best Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Degree Schools 219
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 259
315
Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 368
514
Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools 678

In 2021, 18 students received their master’s degree in visual and performing arts from Stephens. This makes it the #210 most popular school for visual and performing arts master’s degree candidates in the country.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at Stephens

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual and performing arts majors at Stephens College.

Stephens Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 30 visual and performing arts students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Stephens, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

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About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual and performing arts at Stephens 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 Stephens College with a bachelor's in visual and performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 24
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

Stephens Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

72% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 18 students who graduated with a master’s in visual and performing arts from Stephens in 2021, 28% were men and 72% were women.

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Of the students who received a visual and performing arts master's degree from Stephens, 61% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the visual and performing arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Stephens 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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Stephens College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Drama & Theater Arts 32
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 7
Design & Applied Arts 5
Arts & Media Management 3
Music 1

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 MO, the home state for Stephens College.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
High School Teachers 27,930 $54,280
Managers 3,980 $97,820
Graphic Designers 3,740 $50,350
Producers and Directors 1,610 $65,560
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 1,430 $80,570

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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