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General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Kentucky

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General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Kentucky

Every general visual and 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 University of Kentucky stacks up to those at other schools.

UK is located in Lexington, Kentucky and has a total student population of 29,986. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received a bachelor's degree in visual arts from UK.

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.

UK General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts

UK General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the visual arts progam at UK compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The visual arts major at UK 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
Most Focused General Visual & Performing Arts Schools 165

Visual Arts Student Demographics at UK

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

UK General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

64% Women
29% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The visual arts program at UK awarded 45 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 36% of these degrees went to men with the other 64% going to women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual arts at UK 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 University of Kentucky with a bachelor's in visual arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 32
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

UK 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 KY, the home state for University of Kentucky.

Occupation Jobs in KY Average Salary in KY
Graphic Designers 1,800 $44,550
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 790 $76,750
Photographers 400 $36,390
Art Directors 160 $75,540
Multimedia Artists and Animators 140 $65,820

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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