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Fine & Studio Arts at Western Illinois University

Fine & Studio Arts at Western Illinois University

If you are interested in studying fine & studio arts, you may want to check out the program at Western Illinois University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year.

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

WIU Fine & Studio Arts Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts

WIU Fine & Studio Arts Rankings

The fine arts major at WIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Fine & Studio 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.

Fine Arts Student Demographics at WIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the fine arts majors at Western Illinois University.

WIU Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Program

65% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 35% of fine arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. The typical fine arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% men. So male students are more repesented at WIU since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

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About 88% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in fine arts at WIU 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 Western Illinois University with a bachelor's in fine arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 15
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Fine & Studio Arts

If you plan to be a fine 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 Western Illinois University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Art Studies 10
Fine Arts 4

Careers That Fine Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in fine 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 IL, the home state for Western Illinois University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
High School Teachers 43,720 $72,370
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 3,940 $68,360
Photographers 2,600 $36,290
Art Directors 2,080 $99,800
Museum Technicians and Conservators 940 $45,210

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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