Visual & Performing Arts is a program of study at Portland State University. 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, and more.
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Out-of-state part-time undergraduates at Portland State University paid an average of $608 per credit hour in 2019-2020. The average for in-state students was $188 per credit hour. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $7,907 | $25,536 |
Fees | $1,641 | $1,641 |
Books and Supplies | $1,200 | $1,200 |
On Campus Room and Board | $13,500 | $13,500 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $3,210 | $3,210 |
Learn more about Portland State University tuition and fees.
Portland State University does not offer an online option for its visual and performing arts bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Portland State University Online Learning page.
About 61.6% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in visual and performing arts in 2019-2020 were women. This is about the same as the countrywide number of 63.5%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in visual and performing arts at Portland State University in 2019-2020, 28.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 13 |
Black or African American | 8 |
Hispanic or Latino | 45 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 2 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 188 |
International Students | 11 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 22 |
Visual & Performing Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Design & Applied Arts | 83 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 22 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 74 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 73 |
Music | 24 |
*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.