Visual & Performing Arts at University of Houston

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

UH is located in Houston, Texas and has a total student population of 47,090.

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.

UH Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

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

UH Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at UH 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.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in visual & performing arts, making the school the #47 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at UH

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

UH Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% more racial-ethnic minorities in its visual & performing 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 with a bachelor's in visual & performing arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	102
White	94
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UH Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 34% of visual & performing arts master's degrees went to men and 66% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	39
International Students	17
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Visual & Performing Arts

If you plan to be a visual & 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 University of Houston. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Fine & Studio Arts	130
Music	115
Drama & Theater Arts	54
Design & Applied Arts	53
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	19
Dance	8
Arts & Media Management	6

Careers That Visual & Performing Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in visual & 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 TX, the home state for University of Houston.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
High School Teachers	110,420	$58,190
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Graphic Designers	13,480	$50,700
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	6,240	$71,520
Producers and Directors	5,300	$69,280

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 RJN2 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.