Other Visual Art at Western Illinois University

If you plan to study other visual art, take a look at what Western Illinois University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WIU is located in Macomb, Illinois and approximately 7,490 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,560 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Western Illinois University in 2021, 10 of them were other visual art majors.

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

WIU Other Visual Art Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Other Visual Art

WIU Other Visual Art Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks other visual art programs across the country. The following shows how WIU performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The other visual art major at WIU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Other Visual Art. 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 Value Other Visual Art Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3

How Much Do Other Visual Art Graduates from WIU Make?

The median salary of other visual art students who receive their bachelor's degree at WIU is $14,453. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,170 for all other visual art students.

Other Visual Art Student Demographics at WIU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the other visual art majors at Western Illinois University.

WIU Other Visual Art Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 other visual art students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WIU, about 60% were men and 40% were women. The typical other visual art bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at WIU since its program graduates 25% more men than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in other visual art 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 other visual art.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WIU also has a doctoral program available in other visual art. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Drama & Theater Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Music

Careers That Other Visual Art Grads May Go Into

A degree in other visual art 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	3,940	$68,360

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 IlliniGradResearch under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.