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General Visual & Performing Arts at Virginia State University

General Visual & Performing Arts at Virginia State University

Every general visual & 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 Virginia State University stacks up to those at other schools.

Virginia State is located in Petersburg, Virginia and approximately 4,020 students attend the school each year.

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.

Virginia State General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Visual Arts

Virginia State General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

The visual arts major at Virginia State 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.

Visual Arts Student Demographics at Virginia State

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

Virginia State General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Program

88% Women
88% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of visual arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 41% 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 Virginia State University with a bachelor's in visual arts.

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

Concentrations Within General Visual & Performing Arts

General Visual & Performing Arts majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Virginia State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Visual & Performing Arts 3

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 VA, the home state for Virginia State University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Graphic Designers 5,000 $60,540
Photographers 860 $37,420
Art Directors 510 $91,770
Multimedia Artists and Animators 480 $65,430

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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