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General Visual & Performing Arts at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

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General Visual & Performing Arts at University of New Mexico - Main Campus

If you are interested in studying general visual and performing arts, you may want to check out the program at University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UNM is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and has a total student population of 22,311. Of the 4,294 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of New Mexico - Main Campus in 2021, 35 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.

UNM General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts

UNM General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The visual arts major at UNM 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 85

Visual Arts Student Demographics at UNM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual arts majors at University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

UNM General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

46% Women
60% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 54% of visual arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical visual arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 41% men. So male students are more repesented at UNM since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% 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 New Mexico - Main Campus with a bachelor's in visual arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 14
White 14
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

UNM 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 NM, the home state for University of New Mexico - Main Campus.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Graphic Designers 590 $44,040
Photographers 230 $53,720
Multimedia Artists and Animators 140 $57,280
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 100 $55,430
Art Directors 70 $100,030

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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