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General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Illinois at Chicago

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General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Illinois at Chicago

What traits are you looking for in a visual arts school? To help you decide if University of Illinois at Chicago is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's visual arts program.

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518. In 2021, 15 visual arts majors received their bachelor's degree from UIC.

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.

UIC General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts

UIC General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the visual arts progam at UIC 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 UIC 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 Value General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 58
Most Popular General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 62
Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools 67

Visual Arts Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

53% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 visual arts majors earned their bachelor's degree from UIC. Of these graduates, 47% were men and 53% were women. The typical visual arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at UIC since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 Illinois at Chicago with a bachelor's in visual arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 1
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

UIC 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Chicago.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Graphic Designers 11,700 $56,890
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 3,940 $68,360
Photographers 2,600 $36,290
Art Directors 2,080 $99,800
Multimedia Artists and Animators 770 $61,440

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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