DIVERSITY OF GRADUATE SCHOOLS

TOP EMPLOYERS

DIVERSITY OF EMPLOYERS

233 Bachelor’s degreesawarded to CVPA graduates

28

Organizations representing a wide range of industries

Institutions representing a wide range of schools–

–

Organizations hiring 2 or more CVPA 2017 graduates–

128unique employers

unique graduateand professional schools

FIRST EXPERIENCE POST GRADUATION

All statistics are based on 87% of CVPA graduates

99.5% of these graduates are employed, continuingeducation, or involved in career-related endeavors

Seeking0.5%

Grad School15%

Full-TimeEmployment

72.50%

Internship4%

Part-TimeEmployment

8%

CLASS OF 2017*CAREER OUTCOMES

College of Visual and Performing Arts

*Aug/Dec 2016 and May 2017 JMU undergraduates

City Year Prince William County Public SchlsCharleston Stage Company Riverside Center for the ArtsFairfax County Public Schools RWS Entertainment GroupHarrisonburg City Public Schools Shenandoah County Public SchlsInterlochen Center for the Arts VMDO ArchitectsJames Madison University Walt Disney WorldMissoula Children’s Theatre

AmeriCorps GRAPHEK Design Studio Recess TheatreAtlantic Theatre Company Greenbrier Valley Theater Reston RestorationBaltimore County Public Schools Harvey-Clery Builders Science Museum of VirginiaBarter Theatre - State Theatre of VA Keegan Theater Somerset Patriots BaseballCarminio Architects Museum of Science & Industry Chicago Southern Environmental Law CenterCatch 24 Advertising & Design National Gallery of Art Stafford County Public SchoolsChicago History Museum National Players StreetsenseCornell University NDG Communications Studio TheatreCortina Productions Newport News Shipbuilding The Lost ColonyCreative Click Media Ohio Light Opera Timeline Theater CompanyDetermined by Design Park West Gallery TriVisionEastern Mennonite University Peace Corps Wintergreen ResortEchostage Porter Traditional School Wolf Trap Fdn for the Performing Arts

Boston Conservatory at Berklee New York School of Interior DesignBoston University Peabody ConservatoryDrexel University UMBAU School of ArchitectureGeorge Washington University University of HoustonJohns Hopkins University Westminster Choir CollegeLouisiana State University Yale University

INTERNSHIPS

AREAS OF GRADUATE STUDIES

DIVERSITY OF INTERNSHIP EMPLOYERS

Note: these are internships 2016 grads completed as undergraduates at JMU

This is a summary on internships posted to students’ Experience Profile at jmu.edu/cap/tellus

82% of Visual & Performing Arts students completed performances, internships, production projects and/or other experiential learning activities to fulfill curriculum requirements. Below is a summary on internships posted to students’ Experience Profile*:

CVPA students completed internships in states & DC and countries

122

Architecture Dance / Movement Therapy Music PerformanceArt Education Early Childhood Education Sacred MusicArt Therapy History SpanishAthletic Training Interior Design TheatreBrass Performance Jazz Studies Trumpet PerformanceBusiness Administration Music Vocal Performance and PedagogyConducting Music Composition

ADJ Enterprises Image Design Studio Pixel Print & PostAmerican Dance Festival Institute for Visual Studies PMA ArchitectureArts Council of the Valley King Screen Red Bank Design CenterArtWorks Gallery Koopman Interior Design Right VisualBlue Ridge Architects Lagoon Hospitals Sawhill Duke GalleryBrooklyn Museum Lee Design and Interiors SceconCastleton Festival Leedy Interiors Cora School for DanceCBS Corporation Lisanby Museum Shoreline EntertainmentChrysler Museum Glass Studio Long Beach Island Fdn for Arts & Sciences Stanford UniversityClear Message Media Lowes Foods Studio CenterFawn Galli Interiors MBO Partners The Gallery UFox Chapel Publishing MKG The Walt Disney CompanyGarfield Group Nomi Network Umbau School of Architecture HBA Architecture Otterbein United Methodist Church Virginia Musuem of Fine Arts Heller Gallery Paula+Company WMRA Public Radio