Painting
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Painting degree recipients are New York, NY, Savannah, GA, and Boston, MA. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Painting degree recipients are Harrison, NY, San Germán, PR, and Savannah, GA. The most common degree awarded to students studying Painting is a bachelors degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Painting and the types of students that study this field. Savannah College of Art and Design awards the most degrees in Painting in the US, but New York Academy of Art and Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Painting.
Tuition costs for Painting majors are, on average, $8,604 for in-state public colleges, and $38,570 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Painting programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (50 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (441 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Painting, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (441 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Painting programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Savannah College of Art and Design has the most Painting degree recipients, with 71 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Painting.
Out of all institutions that offer Painting programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, New York Academy of Art has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Painting, with 60%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Painting by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Painting.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Visual & Performing Arts graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Visual & Performing Arts majors is $65,031 and the most common occupations are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.
The industry that employs the most Visual & Performing Arts majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
The average salary for Visual & Performing Arts majors is $65,031 and the most common occupations are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Visual & Performing Arts majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Visual & Performing Arts majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Visual & Performing Arts majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Visual & Performing Arts majors, by number of employees, are Graphic designers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Visual & Performing Arts majors working as Graphic designers, Interior designers, and Commercial and industrial designers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Visual & Performing Arts majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Economists.
The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.58%, from 2.12M in 2020 to 2.2M in 2021.
The largest single share of Visual & Performing Arts graduates go on to work as Graphic designers (4.61%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Visual & Performing Arts by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Visual & Performing Arts majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Specialized design services.
The highest paying industries of Visual & Performing Arts majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Petroleum refining, and Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.
The number of Visual & Performing Arts graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.58%, from 2.12M in 2020 to 2.2M in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Visual & Performing Arts graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Visual & Performing Arts.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Visual & Performing Arts majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Visual & Performing Arts majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Visual & Performing Arts in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Visual & Performing Arts is 41.1.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Bachelors Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Visual & Performing Arts (375 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Visual & Performing Arts. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 29 years old, which represent 3.47% and 3.39% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Painting are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Visual & Performing Arts are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Painting.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Painting for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Bachelors Degree recipients in Painting.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Korea that hold Visual & Performing Arts degrees (4.69 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Korea (26,724 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Painting field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Painting majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Painting majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, Technology Design, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Programming, Operation Monitoring, Coordination, Time Management, Systems Analysis, Persuasion, Social Perceptiveness, Negotiation, Active Listening, Service Orientation, Operations Analysis, Critical Thinking, Active Learning, Reading Comprehension, Systems Evaluation, Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring, Speaking, Instructing, Learning Strategies, Complex Problem Solving, Judgment and Decision Making, Repairing, Writing, Quality Control Analysis, Mathematics, Science, Troubleshooting, and Equipment Maintenance.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Painting majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Active Listening, Critical Thinking, Instructing, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, Writing, Monitoring, Time Management, Social Perceptiveness, Judgment and Decision Making, Complex Problem Solving, Coordination, Systems Analysis, Persuasion, Service Orientation, Systems Evaluation, Negotiation, Management of Personnel Resources, Operations Analysis, Mathematics, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Operation Monitoring, Technology Design, Operation and Control, Programming, Quality Control Analysis, Equipment Selection, Science, Repairing, Installation, Troubleshooting, and Equipment Maintenance are the three most important skills for people in the field.
