General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Houston - Downtown

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

UH Downtown is located in Houston, Texas and approximately 15,239 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,897 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Houston - Downtown in 2021, 16 of them were general visual and performing arts majors.

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.

UH Downtown General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts

UH Downtown General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the visual arts progam at UH Downtown 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 arts major at UH Downtown 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
Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87

How Much Do Visual Arts Graduates from UH Downtown Make?

The median salary of visual arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at UH Downtown is $21,332. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $25,314 for all visual arts students.

Visual Arts Student Demographics at UH Downtown

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual arts majors at University of Houston - Downtown.

UH Downtown General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 students earned a bachelor's degree in visual arts from UH Downtown. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 55% more racial-ethnic minorities in its visual arts bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Houston - Downtown with a bachelor's in visual arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 TX, the home state for University of Houston - Downtown.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Graphic Designers	13,480	$50,700
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,240	$71,520
Photographers	3,070	$34,160
Multimedia Artists and Animators	2,480	$82,940
Art Directors	2,090	$81,170

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nick22aku under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.