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Visual & Performing Arts at California State University-Los Angeles

Visual & Performing Arts at California State University-Los Angeles

If you plan to study Visual & Performing Arts, consider the program at California State University-Los Angeles. Get started with the following essential facts.

California State University-Los Angeles sits in Los Angeles, CA.

Online Class Availability at California State University-Los Angeles

Online coursework is an option at California State University-Los Angeles. Among 23,163 students, 1,217 (5%) studied exclusively online and 10,921 (47%) took at least some classes online.

Visual & Performing Arts Rankings at California State University-Los Angeles

These rankings give you a sense of how California State University-Los Angeles’s Visual & Performing Arts program against other schools offering the same major.

Master’s-Level Rankings

Ranking Scope Rank
Best Value Nationwide #27 of 1,176
Best Value California #28 of 155
Best Value Far Western (Region) #28 of 205
Best Schools (Quality) California #59 of 157
Best Schools (Quality) Far Western (Region) #75 of 207
Best Schools (Quality) Nationwide #436 of 1,185

Earnings for Visual & Performing Arts Graduates from California State University-Los Angeles

Those who finish California State University-Los Angeles’s Visual & Performing Arts program earn at the following median levels (per the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard):

Median earnings by years after graduation for Visual & Performing Arts at California State University-Los Angeles
Years After Graduation Median Earnings
1 year $20,856
2 years $21,982
3 years $26,123
4 years $30,083
5 years $38,595

How do these earnings stack up against the rest of the school? Four years after graduating, Visual & Performing Arts graduates from California State University-Los Angeles report median earnings of $30,083, compared with $61,510 for all California State University-Los Angeles graduates — about 51% lower than the school-wide median.

Visual & Performing Arts earnings compared with all majors at California State University-Los Angeles

Median Debt at Graduation

Median student loan debt for Visual & Performing Arts graduates from California State University-Los Angeles comes in at $14,196.

Top-Paying Careers for Visual & Performing Arts Graduates

Graduates of the Visual & Performing Arts program at California State University-Los Angeles go on to a range of careers. Below are the top-paying careers for Visual & Performing Arts graduates, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation Nationwide Median Wage
Loss Prevention Managers $165,723
Appraisers of Personal and Business Property $118,242
Compliance Managers $117,178
Choreographers $109,380
Set and Exhibit Designers $109,049
Agents and Business Managers of Artists, Performers, and Athletes $96,762
Museum Technicians and Conservators $96,273
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary $96,169
Managers, All Other $95,684
Media Programming Directors $90,799

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