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General Visual & Performing Arts at Harvard University

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General Visual & Performing Arts at Harvard University

If you plan to study general visual and performing arts, take a look at what Harvard University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Harvard is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 30,391. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students received their master's degree in visual arts.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in General Visual & Performing Arts section at the bottom of this page.

Harvard General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Visual Arts

Online Classes Are Available at Harvard

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Harvard does offer online education options in visual arts for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

Harvard General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

Visual Arts Student Demographics at Harvard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the visual arts majors at Harvard University.

Harvard General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

60% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 45 students earned a master's degree in visual arts from Harvard. About 60% of these graduates were women and the other 40% were men.

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In the visual arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 44% of degree recipients. That is 19% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Harvard University with a master's in visual arts.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 8
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 19
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

Careers That Visual Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in visual arts can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Harvard University.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 6,190 $99,540
Graphic Designers 5,680 $64,010
Art Directors 1,310 $97,810
Photographers 1,220 $65,090
Multimedia Artists and Animators 610 $71,210

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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