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Undergraduate Certificate in Visual & Performing Arts

Undergraduate Certificates in Visual & Performing Arts

8,147 Yearly Graduations
$24,058 Median Salary
$31,301 Median Debt
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 51% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 5.2% of visual & performing arts graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Visual & Performing Arts Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 8,147 people earned their undergraduate certificate in visual & performing arts. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in visual & performing arts at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 94,458
Associate Degree 19,205
Master’s Degree 16,688
Basic Certificate 8,443
Undergraduate Certificate 8,147
Doctor’s Degree 1,775
Graduate Certificate 1,060

Earnings of Visual & Performing Arts Majors With Undergraduate Certificates

The median salary for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in visual & performing arts is $24,058. A lot of factors can contribute to this number, such as the location of your workplace and the availability of other perks and bonuses. A better approximation of salary is to look at the typical range of salaries. In this case the low is $16,209 and the high is $32,138.

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Student Debt

The median student debt for graduates holding an undergraduate certificate in visual & performing arts is $31,301. 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, $43,282 is the debt load, and the debt load on the low side is $13,270.

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Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their undergraduate certificate in visual & performing arts. About 62.2% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 3,079
Women 5,068
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The racial-ethnic distribution of visual & performing arts undergraduate certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 320
Black or African American 764
Hispanic or Latino 2,604
White 3,382
International Students 424
Other Races/Ethnicities 653
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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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