Visual & Performing Arts is a program of study at Smith College. The school offers a bachelor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in visual and performing 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. Smith was ranked #134 on College Factual's most recent list of the best schools for visual and performing arts majors. This puts the bachelor's program at the school solidly in the top 15% of all colleges and universities in the country. It is also ranked #17 in Massachusetts.
Here are some of the other rankings for Smith.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Smith paid an average of $1,690 per credit hour. No discount was available for in-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $53,940 | $53,940 |
Fees | $284 | $284 |
Books and Supplies | $800 | $800 |
On Campus Room and Board | $18,760 | $18,760 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,058 | $2,058 |
Learn more about Smith tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Smith 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 Smith Online Learning page.
All of the students who received their Bachelor’s in visual and performing arts in 2019-2020 were women.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in visual and performing arts at Smith in 2019-2020, 18.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 33%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 4 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 42 |
International Students | 5 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 8 |
Visual & Performing Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Dance | 2 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 12 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts | 15 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 33 |
Music | 4 |
*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.