University of Southern California Master’s in Visual & Performing Arts

375 Master's Degrees Awarded

Visual & Performing Arts is a program of study at University of Southern California. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in visual and performing 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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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Master’s in Visual & Performing Arts from USC Cost?

$48,715 Average Tuition and Fees

USC Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at USC was $1,995 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$47,880	$47,880
Fees	$835	$835

Does USC Offer an Online Master’s in Visual & Performing Arts?

USC does not offer an online option for its visual and performing arts master’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the USC Online Learning page.

USC Master’s Student Diversity for Visual & Performing Arts

375 Master's Degrees Awarded

49.3% Women

36.0% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 375 students received their master’s degree in visual and performing arts. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 49.3% of the visual and performing arts students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 58.3%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 36.0% of visual and performing arts master’s degree recipients at USC in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 23%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	30
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	44
Native American or Alaska Native	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	110
International Students	116
Other Races/Ethnicities	36

Master’s in Visual & Performing Arts Focus Areas at USC

Visual & Performing Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Visual & Performing Arts	15
Design & Applied Arts	25
Drama & Theater Arts	41
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	173
Fine & Studio Arts	18

References

*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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