Visual & Performing Arts at University of North Carolina at Asheville

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

UNCA is located in Asheville, North Carolina and approximately 3,363 students attend the school each year.

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.

UNCA Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts

UNCA Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual & performing arts major at UNCA 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.

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at UNCA

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

UNCA Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical visual & performing arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at UNCA since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts at UNCA 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 North Carolina at Asheville with a bachelor's in visual & performing arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	62
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

Concentrations Within Visual & Performing Arts

Visual & Performing Arts majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of North Carolina at Asheville. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Visual & Performing Arts	43
Fine & Studio Arts	34
Music	20
Drama & Theater Arts	8

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Asheville.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
High School Teachers	25,240	$47,580
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Graphic Designers	6,460	$49,700
Professors	5,220	$70,590
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	2,860	$66,640

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 Caroline Culler (User:Wgreaves) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.