by our College Data Analytics TeamThe main focus area for this major is Digital 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 Northeastern University. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in visual 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. Northeastern is in the top 10% of the country for visual arts. More specifically it was ranked #10 out of 158 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #2 in Massachusetts.
Here are some of the other rankings for Northeastern.
Part-time undergraduates at Northeastern paid an average of $1,638 per credit hour in 2019-2020. This tuition was the same for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $54,360 | $54,360 |
| Fees | $1,092 | $1,092 |
| Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $17,480 | $17,480 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $1,800 | $1,800 |
Learn more about Northeastern tuition and fees.
Northeastern does not offer an online option for its visual arts bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Northeastern Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in visual arts in 2019-2020, 56.3% of them were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 58.0%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 37.5% of the visual arts bachelor’s degrees at Northeastern in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 40%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 3 |
| Black or African American | 0 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 7 |
| International Students | 3 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
General Visual & Performing Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Digital Arts | 16 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to general visual and performing arts.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 49 |
| Drama & Theater Arts | 3 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 7 |
| Music | 33 |
*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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