Virginia Commonwealth University Master’s in Visual & Performing Arts

45 Master's Degrees Awarded

Visual & Performing Arts is a program of study at Virginia Commonwealth University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in visual and performing arts, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, 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 VCU Cost?

$15,200 Average Tuition and Fees

VCU Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at VCU paid an average of $1,448 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $707 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$12,703	$26,041
Fees	$2,497	$3,187

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

VCU 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 VCU Online Learning page.

VCU Master’s Student Diversity for Visual & Performing Arts

45 Master's Degrees Awarded

66.7% Women

24.4% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 45 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 66.7% of the visual and performing arts students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 58.3%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in visual and performing arts at VCU in 2019-2020, 24.4% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 23%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
Native American or Alaska Native	1
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	26
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

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

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Design & Applied Arts	12
Drama & Theater Arts	4
Fine & Studio Arts	26
Music	3

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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