by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Visual & Performing Arts. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
General Visual & Performing Arts is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at Christopher Newport University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in visual arts, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, 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 CNU was ranked #45 on College Factual's Best Schools for visual arts list. It is also ranked #4 in Virginia.
Here are some of the other rankings for CNU.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at CNU paid an average of $1,158 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $622 per credit hour. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,100 | $21,566 |
| Fees | $5,824 | $6,224 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,304 | $1,304 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $11,760 | $11,760 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $3,750 | $3,750 |
Learn more about CNU tuition and fees.
You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Visual Arts students who received their bachelor’s degree at CNU took out an average of $24,899 in student loans. That is 9% lower than the national average of $27,375.
visual arts who receive their bachelor’s degree from CNU make an average of $20,140 a year during the early days of their career. That is 19% lower than the national average of $25,002.
Online degrees for the CNU visual 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 CNU Online Learning page.
Women made up around 64.7% of the visual arts students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 58.0%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in visual arts at CNU in 2019-2020, 26.5% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 40%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 0 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 24 |
| International Students | 0 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
General Visual & Performing Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Visual & Performing Arts | 34 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general visual and performing arts.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Music | 13 |
*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.
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