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community/environmental/socially-engaged art

Types of Degrees community/environmental/socially-engaged art Majors Are Earning

Students pursuing community/environmental/socially-engaged art can earn degrees at several award levels.

Award Level	Graduates
Certificate	1
Bachelor’s Degree	10
Master’s Degree	1

What community/environmental/socially-engaged art Majors Need to Know

Studies in community/environmental/socially-engaged art build a specific mix of knowledge, skills, and abilities — derived from O*NET surveys of workers in occupations that community/environmental/socially-engaged art graduates commonly enter.

Knowledge Areas

Coursework in community/environmental/socially-engaged art emphasizes the following knowledge areas:

• Fine Arts — Importance 4.7 / 5; level 6.2 / 7.
• Education and Training — Importance 4.5 / 5; level 5.8 / 7.
• English Language — Importance 4.2 / 5; level 5.2 / 7.
• Communications and Media — Importance 3.5 / 5; level 4.2 / 7.
• Computers and Electronics — Importance 3.3 / 5; level 4.0 / 7.

^{Importance is rated 1–5; level is 1–7. Source: ONET Online — weighted across related occupations.*}

Skills

The skill set emphasized by a community/environmental/socially-engaged art program reflects the day-to-day work of related occupations:

• Speaking — Importance 4.4 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Instructing — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.2 / 7.
• Active Learning — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4.1 / 7.
• Learning Strategies — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4.0 / 7.
• Active Listening — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4.0 / 7.

Abilities

Innate abilities most relevant to community/environmental/socially-engaged art careers — again drawn from O*NET surveys of related occupations:

• Oral Expression — Importance 4.1 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.
• Written Comprehension — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.7 / 7.
• Written Expression — Importance 4.0 / 5; level 4.5 / 7.
• Oral Comprehension — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4.8 / 7.
• Speech Clarity — Importance 3.9 / 5; level 4.4 / 7.

Common Job Activities

Day-to-day, community/environmental/socially-engaged art graduates report doing:

Activity	Frequency / Importance
Thinking Creatively	4.9 / 7
Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates	4.4 / 7
Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships	4.3 / 7
Training and Teaching Others	4.3 / 7
Making Decisions and Solving Problems	4.2 / 7
Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work	4.2 / 7
Coaching and Developing Others	4.1 / 7
Getting Information	4.0 / 7
Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge	3.9 / 7
Working with Computers	3.8 / 7

Technology Skills Used on the Job

Most frequently-cited tools used by community/environmental/socially-engaged art professionals:

Tool / Software	Category	In-Demand
Adobe Photoshop	Graphics or photo imaging software	✓
Adobe InDesign	Desktop publishing software	—
Hypertext markup language HTML	Web platform development software	—
Adobe Dreamweaver	Web page creation and editing software	—
Adobe Creative Cloud software	Graphics or photo imaging software	—
Web browser software	Internet browser software	—
Adobe Acrobat	Document management software	—
Adobe Illustrator	Graphics or photo imaging software	✓
Adobe After Effects	Video creation and editing software	—
JavaScript	Web platform development software	—
Microsoft Word	Word processing software	—
Email software	Electronic mail software	—

^{Source: ONET Online technology skills, weighted across related occupations.*}

Sample Job Titles

Real job postings for community/environmental/socially-engaged art graduates include:

• Vocal Teacher
• Dramatic Coach
• Media Arts Professor
• Fine Arts Professor
• Guitar Teacher
• Theater Teacher
• Art Professor
• Art Educator
• Open Rank Professor
• Makeup Artistry Instructor
• Dance Instructor
• Stagecraft Teacher
• Visual Arts Instructor
• Stagecraft Professor
• Organ Teacher

Education Typically Required

Across the occupations open to community/environmental/socially-engaged art graduates, the typical level of education actually held by current workers is distributed as:

Education Level	Share of Workers
Master’s degree	43.8%
Doctoral degree	27.4%
Bachelor’s degree	16.8%
Some college courses	5.0%
High school diploma or equivalent	3.7%
Post-master’s certificate	1.4%
Associate’s degree (or other 2-year)	1.2%
Post-baccalaureate certificate	0.6%

^{Source: ONET Online education / training / experience requirements.*}

Who Is Earning a Degree in community/environmental/socially-engaged art?

Gender Distribution

This field skews predominantly female, with women earning 83.3% of community/environmental/socially-engaged art degrees.

Gender	Graduates	Share
Women	10	83.3%
Men	2	16.7%

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

At the national level, the racial-ethnic distribution of community/environmental/socially-engaged art graduates is as follows:

Race / Ethnicity	Graduates	Share
White	7	58.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2	16.7%
Black or African American	2	16.7%
Two or More Races	1	8.3%

^{See minority definition below.}

Related Programs

You may also be interested in these closely related fields of study:

Program	CIP Code
Visual and Performing Arts	50
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management	50.10
Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry	50.02
Dance	50.03
Design and Applied Arts	50.04
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	50.05
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	50.06
Fine and Studio Arts	50.07
Music	50.09
Visual and Performing Arts, General	50.01
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	50.99
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS	50.00

References

The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students and international students. This number is then divided by the total number of students to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics (IPEDS)
• O*NET Online
• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
• U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard

More about our data sources and methodologies.