Art Department First Destinations (2021-2025 Graduates)

Art Department First Destinations (2021-2025 Graduates)

95%
95% of Art Department majors were employed, accepted to graduate school, or participating in a service/volunteer program within 6 months of graduation
65.35%
Employed
29.70%
Graduate School
4.95%
Seeking

Highlighted Employers

Art Department Majors 2021-2025

Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Epic
Tatter
The New School
New York Philarmonic

Highlighted Continuing Education

Art Department Majors 2021-2025

Columbia University
New York University
Yale
Carnegie Mellon
Tufts University
Harvard Divinity School

Top Industries

Art Department Majors Who Secured Employment 2021-2025

15.87%
Performing & Fine Arts
14.29%
Architecture & Planning
9.52%
Higher Education
11.11%
Non-Profit - Other
4.76%
Internet & Software
4.76%
Real Estate
4.76%
Investment Banking

Top Job Functions

Art Department Majors Who Secured Employment 2021-2025

12.50%
Architecture & Planning
9.38%
Other
7.81%
Writing/Editing
6.25%
Administration
6.25%
Research
6.25%
Date & Analytics
6.25%
Design/Art
Rinako Sonobe '22

Fellowship & Scholarship Awardees

19 graduates from the Art department had applications that advanced in competitions in the last five years. 14 graduates were awarded postgraduate fellowships and scholarships

Awardee highlight: Rinako Sonobe '22, Watson Fellowship Awardee. 

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Data Source: Career Education First Destination Survey, in partnership with the Office of Institutional Research (OIR). Questions are to the NACE standard. The survey launches in May each year and closes December 1.

Art Department data collected includes 102 graduates out of 131 degrees conferred between 2021-2025. Majors include Art History, Art Studio, and Architecture. 61 of the 133 total degrees were double majors.

Questions: careereducation@wellesley.edu