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General Visual & Performing Arts at SUNY Potsdam

General Visual & Performing Arts at SUNY Potsdam

Every general visual & 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 Potsdam stacks up to those at other schools.

SUNY Potsdam is located in Potsdam, New York and has a total student population of 3,084.

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 Potsdam General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts

SUNY Potsdam General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual arts major at SUNY Potsdam 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 Potsdam

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

SUNY Potsdam General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of visual arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual arts at SUNY Potsdam 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 Potsdam with a bachelor's in visual arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Concentrations Within General Visual & Performing Arts

If you plan to be a visual arts major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from SUNY Potsdam. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Digital Arts 14

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 Potsdam.

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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