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Art Schools near Virginia Beach

Virginia Beach, VA (population: 439,564) has ten art schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. College of William and Mary, the highest ranked school in this group with an art program, has a total student population of 7,874. It is the 39th highest ranked school in the USA and one of the highest in the state .

Art students from Virginia Beach schools who go on to become artists, animators, animation designers, animation artists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 8,900 people working as fine artists, including painters, sculptors, and illustrators alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $50,630. Also, Craft artists make on average $33,070 per year and there are about 5,380 of them employed in the US today.

Virginia Beach lies in Virginia Beach county, which is one of the 61 counties in Virginia. Overall, the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News-NC area has 735,390 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 0.9% unemployment rate, $19.28/hr average worker wage, and a $40,100 average annual salary.

Of the 10 art schools with a 100-mile radius of Virginia Beach, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Virginia Wesleyan College comes out as the most expensive ($23,554/yr) for art students, with Halifax Community College as the lowest, reported at only $3,190/yr.

Art Programs near Virginia Beach

College of William and Mary

• Geology/Earth Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art/Art Studies, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Commonwealth University

• Art Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Cartography
  

  Levels offered: Certificate
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters, PhD
• Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Design and Applied Arts, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Elizabeth City State University

• Art Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Geology/Earth Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Fine/Studio Arts, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Virginia Wesleyan College

• Art Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art/Art Studies, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Old Dominion University

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Geology/Earth Science, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art/Art Studies, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Hampton University

• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Masters
• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
  

  Levels offered: Associates, Bachelors
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art/Art Studies, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

Norfolk State University

• Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors, Masters
• Art/Art Studies, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Visual and Performing Arts, General
  

  Levels offered: Masters

Virginia Union University

• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Art/Art Studies, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
  

  Levels offered: Bachelors

College of the Albemarle

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Culinary Arts/Chef Training
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Crafts/Craft Design, Folk Art and Artisanry
  

  Levels offered: Associates

Halifax Community College

• Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  

  Levels offered: Associates
• Visual and performing arts
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates
• Commercial and Advertising Art
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

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