The 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 Mississippi State University. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in visual arts, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Mississippi State was ranked #35 on College Factual's Best Schools for visual arts list. It is also ranked #1 in Mississippi.
Here are some of the other rankings for Mississippi State.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Mississippi State was $998 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $371 per credit hour. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $8,800 | $23,840 |
Fees | $110 | $110 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,436 | $10,436 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,358 | $5,358 |
Learn more about Mississippi State 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. Visual Arts students who received their bachelor’s degree at Mississippi State took out an average of $30,000 in student loans. That is 10% higher than the national average of $27,375.
visual arts who receive their bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State make an average of $31,585 a year during the early days of their career. That is 26% higher than the national average of $25,002.
Online degrees for the Mississippi State 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 Mississippi State Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in visual arts in 2019-2020, 80.6% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 58.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 27.8% of the visual arts bachelor’s degrees at Mississippi State in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 40%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 9 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 26 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
General Visual & Performing Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Visual & Performing Arts | 36 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general visual and performing arts.
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Music | 6 |
*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.