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General Visual & Performing Arts at University of California - San Diego

What traits are you looking for in a visual arts school? To help you decide if University of California - San Diego is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's visual arts program.

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and approximately 39,576 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 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.

UCSD General Visual & Performing Arts Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Visual Arts
  • Doctorate Degree in Visual Arts

UCSD General Visual & Performing Arts Rankings

There were 1 student who received their doctoral degrees in visual arts, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Visual Arts Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD General Visual & Performing Arts Master’s Program

64% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The visual arts program at UCSD awarded 14 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 36% of these degrees went to men with the other 64% going to women.

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In the visual arts master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 10% better than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 5
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 CA, the home state for University of California - San Diego.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Graphic Designers 29,320 $61,100
Multimedia Artists and Animators 10,760 $87,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 9,710 $115,460
Art Directors 7,620 $127,630
Photographers 6,060 $52,720

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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