by our College Data Analytics TeamVisual & Performing Arts is a program of study at Rhode Island School of Design. 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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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. RISD is in the top 10% of the country for visual and performing arts. More specifically it was ranked #61 out of 983 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #1 in Rhode Island.
Here are some of the other rankings for RISD.
The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $53,820 | $53,820 |
| Fees | $1,070 | $1,070 |
| Books and Supplies | $2,700 | $2,700 |
| On Campus Room and Board | $14,430 | $14,430 |
| On Campus Other Expenses | $3,500 | $3,500 |
Learn more about RISD tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the RISD 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 RISD Online Learning page.
Women made up around 72.0% of the visual and performing arts students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 63.5%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in visual and performing arts at RISD in 2019-2020, 35.7% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 33%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 50 |
| Black or African American | 11 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 26 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 105 |
| International Students | 71 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 22 |
Visual & Performing Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
| Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Design & Applied Arts | 144 |
| Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 50 |
| Fine & Studio Arts | 92 |
*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.
