Art Education at Northern Arizona University

What traits are you looking for in a art education school? To help you decide if Northern Arizona University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's art education program.

NAU is located in Flagstaff, Arizona and approximately 29,566 students attend the school each year. Of the 526 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northern Arizona University in 2021, 14 of them were art education majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Art Education section at the bottom of this page.

NAU Art Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Art Education

NAU Art Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the art education progam at NAU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The art education major at NAU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Art Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Art Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	15
Best Art Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	42

Art Education Student Demographics at NAU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the art education majors at Northern Arizona University.

NAU Art Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a bachelor's degree in art education from NAU. About 86% of these graduates were women and the other 14% were men. The typical art education bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at NAU since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its art education bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's in art education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	7
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

NAU also has a doctoral program available in art education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Physics Education
• German Language Teacher Education
• Chemistry Education
• Health Education
• Biology Education

Careers That Art Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in art education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for AZ, the home state for Northern Arizona University.

Occupation	Jobs in AZ	Average Salary in AZ
High School Teachers	17,200	$48,610
Middle School Teachers	11,330	$43,560
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	1,770	$83,730
Education Professors	1,060	$79,120

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Teksaz227 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.