Undergraduate Certificates in Fine & Studio Arts

Among those who recently graduated from the schools offering this degree, the majority were women, and 53% were students from underrepresented racial-ethnic groups. Also, 0.7% of Fine Arts graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Fine Arts Majors

In 2020-2021, 4,923 earned their undergraduate certificate in Fine Arts. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in Fine Arts at each degree level.

Education Level	Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree	24,602
Undergraduate Certificate	4,923
Associate Degree	4,205
Master’s Degree	2,984
Basic Certificate	459
Doctor’s Degree	160
Graduate Certificate	80

Earnings of Fine Arts Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in Fine Arts is $25,870. This number may vary for a lot of reasons. For instance, you may decide to move to a location where people with your degree are rare and make more money. To get a better picture, earnings for this category of people can range from a low of $17,105 to a high of $34,031.

Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in Fine Arts is $19,500. The length of time it takes you to graduate and what college you attend can affect this number quite a bit. The chart below shows the range of accumulated debt loads. On the high side of the range, $31,038 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $10,449.

Those students who are paying back their debt on a 10-year repayment plan have a median monthly payment of $249.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in Fine Arts. About 67.7% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender	Number of Grads
Men	1,589
Women	3,334

The racial-ethnic distribution of Fine Arts undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	173
Black or African American	306
Hispanic or Latino	1,838
White	2,134
International Students	32
Other Races/Ethnicities	440

Related Majors

Below are some popular majors that are similar to Fine Arts that offer undergraduate certificates.

Major	Annual Degrees Awarded
Design & Applied Arts	2,298
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	514
Drama & Theater Arts	510
Music	168
Arts & Media Management	86

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Bureau of Labor Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jorge Royan under License

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