Visual & Performing Arts is a program of study at St Olaf College. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in visual and performing arts, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, 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. In College Factual's most recent rankings for the best schools for visual and performing arts majors, St. Olaf came in at #34. This puts it in the top 5% of the country in this field of study. It is also ranked #1 in Minnesota.
Here are some of the other rankings for St. Olaf.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at St. Olaf paid an average of $1,610 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $51,450 | $51,450 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $11,660 | $11,660 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $900 | $900 |
Learn more about St. Olaf tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the St. Olaf visual and performing arts bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the St. Olaf Online Learning page.
Women made up around 59.8% of the visual and performing arts students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 63.5%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in visual and performing arts at St. Olaf in 2019-2020, 23.9% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 5 |
Black or African American | 3 |
Hispanic or Latino | 15 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 86 |
International Students | 3 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
Visual & Performing Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Dance | 7 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 14 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 3 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 43 |
Music | 50 |
*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.