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Visual & Performing Arts at Vassar College

What traits are you looking for in a visual and performing arts school? To help you decide if Vassar College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's visual and performing arts program.

Vassar is located in Poughkeepsie, New York and has a total student population of 2,435. Of the 682 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Vassar College in 2021, 64 of them were visual and performing arts majors.

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.

Vassar Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual & Performing Arts

Vassar Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks visual and performing arts programs across the country. The following shows how Vassar performed in these rankings.

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 and performing arts major at Vassar 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 98
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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools 464
Most Popular Visual & Performing Arts Schools 554

Visual & Performing Arts Student Demographics at Vassar

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual and performing arts majors at Vassar College.

Vassar Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The visual and performing arts program at Vassar awarded 64 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 27% of these degrees went to men with the other 73% going to women.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in visual and performing arts at Vassar 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 Vassar College with a bachelor's in visual and performing arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 43
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 7

Vassar also has a doctoral program available in visual and performing arts. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Visual & Performing Arts

If you plan to be a visual and performing arts major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Vassar College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 24
Drama & Theater Arts 20
Fine & Studio Arts 17
Music 3

Careers That Visual & Performing Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in visual and 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 NY, the home state for Vassar College.

Occupation Jobs in NY Average Salary in NY
High School Teachers 74,830 $85,300
Producers and Directors 26,110 $115,610
Graphic Designers 21,350 $64,840
Managers 16,600 $124,160
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 11,530 $99,870

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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