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Painting at Virginia Commonwealth University

Painting at Virginia Commonwealth University

Every painting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the painting program at Virginia Commonwealth University stacks up to those at other schools.

VCU is located in Richmond, Virginia and approximately 29,070 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Painting section at the bottom of this page.

VCU Painting Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Painting

VCU Painting Rankings

The painting major at VCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Painting. 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.

Painting Student Demographics at VCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the painting majors at Virginia Commonwealth University.

VCU Painting Bachelor’s Program

82% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of painting bachelor's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

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About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in painting at VCU 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 Virginia Commonwealth University with a bachelor's in painting.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 23
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Painting Grads May Go Into

A degree in painting can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for VA, the home state for Virginia Commonwealth University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Multimedia Artists and Animators 480 $65,430
Fine Artists 210 $59,950

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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