The main focus area for this major is Fine Arts. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Fine & Studio Arts is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at West Chester University of Pennsylvania. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in Fine Arts, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.
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In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. The bachelor's program at WCUPA was ranked #118 on College Factual's Best Schools for Fine Arts list. It is also ranked #7 in Pennsylvania.
Here are some of the other rankings for WCUPA.
Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at WCUPA paid an average of $805 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $322 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $7,716 | $19,290 |
Fees | $2,707 | $2,957 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,978 | $13,978 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,520 | $2,520 |
Learn more about WCUPA tuition and fees.
One factor in determining the overall cost in a degree is to consider how much in student loans you’ll have to take out. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at WCUPA in Fine Arts walked away with an average of $27,000 in student debt. That is 6% higher than the national average of $25,480.
The median early career salary of Fine Arts students who receive their bachelor’s degree from WCUPA is $32,391 per year. That is 39% higher than the national average of $23,363.
WCUPA does not offer an online option for its Fine Arts bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the WCUPA Online Learning page.
Women made up around 72.7% of the Fine Arts students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 74.1%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts at WCUPA in 2019-2020, 18.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 35%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 27 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Fine & Studio Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Fine Arts | 33 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to fine and studio arts.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Drama & Theater Arts | 16 |
Music | 71 |
*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.