This report looks closely at how the pandemic has impacted enrollment and new course developments in art departments of colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. Thirty one art department chairs and deans provide detailed data on class enrollment prior to and throughout the pandemic, and their predictions for the future. In addition, they provide insights on new courses and programs in development, and their views on enrollment prospects for coursework in a broad range of subject areas including painting and studio art, photography, ceramics, art history, web design, games and digital arts, sculpture and many other subject areas.
Just a few of this report’s many findings are that:
- Community and 4-year colleges were more likely than doctoral or research universities to experience a decline in art class enrollment.
- As a median, respondents expected a 5% increase in art class enrollment in for the upcoming 2021-22 academic year
- 35% of the public college art departments sampled offered non-degree certificate programs.
- Remote learning played an important role in the retention of international students.
Data in the 99-page report is broken out by many variables related to the individual survey participants and their institutions including but not limited to size of the art department measured by faculty size, and by number of art majors, host country, tuition level, public/private status, and college type or Carnegie class.
Table of Contents
1. QUESTIONNAIRE
2. SURVEY PARTICIPANTS
3. CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SAMPLE
4. SUMMARY OF MAIN FINDINGS
List of Tables
Table 1.1 Over the just completed fall semester, what has happened to class attendance generally in courses in your department relative to pre-pandemic circumstances?
Table 1.2 Over the just completed fall semester, what has happened to class attendance generally in courses in your department relative to pre-pandemic circumstances? Broken out by Country
Table 1.3 Over the just completed fall semester, what has happened to class attendance generally in courses in your department relative to pre-pandemic circumstances? Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 1.4 Over the just completed fall semester, what has happened to class attendance generally in courses in your department relative to pre-pandemic circumstances? Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 1.5 Over the just completed fall semester, what has happened to class attendance generally in courses in your department relative to pre-pandemic circumstances? Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 1.6 Over the just completed fall semester, what has happened to class attendance generally in courses in your department relative to pre-pandemic circumstances? Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 1.7 Over the just completed fall semester, what has happened to class attendance generally in courses in your department relative to pre-pandemic circumstances? Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 1.8 Over the just completed fall semester, what has happened to class attendance generally in courses in your department relative to pre-pandemic circumstances? Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas?
Table 2.1.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Digital Design
Table 2.1.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Digital Design Broken out by Country
Table 2.1.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Digital Design Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.1.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Digital Design Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.1.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Digital Design Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.1.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Digital Design Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.1.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Digital Design Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.1.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Digital Design Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.2.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Art History
Table 2.2.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Art History Broken out by Country
Table 2.2.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Art History Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.2.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Art History Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.2.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Art History Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.2.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Art History Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.2.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Art History Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.2.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Art History Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.3.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Sculpture and Installation Art
Table 2.3.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Sculpture and Installation Art Broken out by Country
Table 2.3.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Sculpture and Installation Art Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.3.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Sculpture and Installation Art Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.3.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Sculpture and Installation Art Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.3.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Sculpture and Installation Art Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.3.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Sculpture and Installation Art Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.3.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Sculpture and Installation Art Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.4.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Painting
Table 2.4.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Painting Broken out by Country
Table 2.4.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Painting Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.4.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Painting Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.4.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Painting Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.4.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Painting Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.4.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Painting Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.4.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Painting Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.5.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Ceramics
Table 2.5.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Ceramics Broken out by Country
Table 2.5.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Ceramics Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.5.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Ceramics Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.5.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Ceramics Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.5.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Ceramics Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.5.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Ceramics Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.5.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Ceramics Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.6.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Photography
Table 2.6.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Photography Broken out by Country
Table 2.6.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Photography Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.6.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Photography Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.6.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Photography Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.6.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Photography Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.6.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Photography Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.6.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Photography Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.7.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Design
Table 2.7.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Design Broken out by Country
Table 2.7.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Design Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.7.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Design Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.7.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Design Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.7.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Design Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.7.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Design Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.8.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Typography
Table 2.8.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Typography Broken out by Country
Table 2.8.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Typography Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.8.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Typography Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.8.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Typography Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.8.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Typography Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.8.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Typography Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.8.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Typography Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.9.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Web Design
Table 2.9.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Web Design Broken out by Country
Table 2.9.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Web Design Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.9.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Web Design Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.9.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Web Design Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.9.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Web Design Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.9.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Web Design Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.9.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Web Design Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.10.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Weaving/Textile Art
Table 2.10.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Weaving/Textile Art Broken out by Country
Table 2.10.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Weaving/Textile Art Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.10.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Weaving/Textile Art Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.10.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Weaving/Textile Art Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.10.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Weaving/Textile Art Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.10.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Weaving/Textile Art Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.10.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Weaving/Textile Art Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.11.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Virtual Reality Design
Table 2.11.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Virtual Reality Design Broken out by Country
Table 2.11.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Virtual Reality Design Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.11.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Virtual Reality Design Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.11.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Virtual Reality Design Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.11.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Virtual Reality Design Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.11.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Virtual Reality Design Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.11.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Virtual Reality Design Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.12.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Video Game Design
Table 2.12.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Video Game Design Broken out by Country
Table 2.12.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Video Game Design Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.12.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Video Game Design Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.12.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Video Game Design Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.12.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Video Game Design Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.12.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Video Game Design Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.12.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Video Game Design Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.13.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Product Design
Table 2.13.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Product Design Broken out by Country
Table 2.13.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Product Design Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.13.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Product Design Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.13.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Product Design Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.13.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Product Design Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.13.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Product Design Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.13.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Product Design Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.14.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Furniture Design
Table 2.14.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Furniture Design Broken out by Country
Table 2.14.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Furniture Design Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.14.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Furniture Design Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.14.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Furniture Design Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.14.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Furniture Design Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.14.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Furniture Design Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.14.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Furniture Design Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.15.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Printmaking
Table 2.15.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Printmaking Broken out by Country
Table 2.15.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Printmaking Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.15.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Printmaking Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.15.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Printmaking Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.15.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Printmaking Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.15.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Printmaking Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.15.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Printmaking Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 2.16.1 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Jewelry
Table 2.16.2 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Jewelry Broken out by Country
Table 2.16.3 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Jewelry Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 2.16.4 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Jewelry Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 2.16.5 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Jewelry Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 2.16.6 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Jewelry Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 2.16.7 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Jewelry Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 2.16.8 What is the outlook for class attendance growth in each of the following areas? Jewelry Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 3.1 What percentage change in overall student attendance in classes offered in your department are you expecting at your institution for the next year, the 2021-22 academic year?
Table 3.2 What percentage change in overall student attendance in classes offered in your department are you expecting at your institution for the next year, the 2021-22 academic year? Broken out by Country
Table 3.3 What percentage change in overall student attendance in classes offered in your department are you expecting at your institution for the next year, the 2021-22 academic year? Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 3.4 What percentage change in overall student attendance in classes offered in your department are you expecting at your institution for the next year, the 2021-22 academic year? Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 3.5 What percentage change in overall student attendance in classes offered in your department are you expecting at your institution for the next year, the 2021-22 academic year? Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 3.6 What percentage change in overall student attendance in classes offered in your department are you expecting at your institution for the next year, the 2021-22 academic year? Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 3.7 What percentage change in overall student attendance in classes offered in your department are you expecting at your institution for the next year, the 2021-22 academic year? Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 3.8 What percentage change in overall student attendance in classes offered in your department are you expecting at your institution for the next year, the 2021-22 academic year? Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 4.1 Relative to Spring 2020 what does enrollment in your departments courses look like for Spring 2021?
Table 4.2 Relative to Spring 2020 what does enrollment in your departments courses look like for Spring 2021? Broken out by Country
Table 4.3 Relative to Spring 2020 what does enrollment in your departments courses look like for Spring 2021? Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 4.4 Relative to Spring 2020 what does enrollment in your departments courses look like for Spring 2021? Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 4.5 Relative to Spring 2020 what does enrollment in your departments courses look like for Spring 2021? Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 4.6 Relative to Spring 2020 what does enrollment in your departments courses look like for Spring 2021? Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 4.7 Relative to Spring 2020 what does enrollment in your departments courses look like for Spring 2021? Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 4.8 Relative to Spring 2020 what does enrollment in your departments courses look like for Spring 2021? Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
How has the decline in international student enrollment in North America impacted your department?
Table 5.1 What is your expectation for the growth in overall enrollment for the Fall semester 2021? Which phrase best approximates your expected experience?
Table 5.2 What is your expectation for the growth in overall enrollment for the Fall semester 2021? Which phrase best approximates your expected experience? Broken out by Country
Table 5.3 What is your expectation for the growth in overall enrollment for the Fall semester 2021? Which phrase best approximates your expected experience? Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 5.4 What is your expectation for the growth in overall enrollment for the Fall semester 2021? Which phrase best approximates your expected experience? Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 5.5 What is your expectation for the growth in overall enrollment for the Fall semester 2021? Which phrase best approximates your expected experience? Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 5.6 What is your expectation for the growth in overall enrollment for the Fall semester 2021? Which phrase best approximates your expected experience? Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 5.7 What is your expectation for the growth in overall enrollment for the Fall semester 2021? Which phrase best approximates your expected experience? Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 5.8 What is your expectation for the growth in overall enrollment for the Fall semester 2021? Which phrase best approximates your expected experience? Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 6.1 Does your department offer non-degree certificate programs?
Table 6.2 Does your department offer non-degree certificate programs? Broken out by Country
Table 6.3 Does your department offer non-degree certificate programs? Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 6.4 Does your department offer non-degree certificate programs? Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 6.5 Does your department offer non-degree certificate programs? Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 6.6 Does your department offer non-degree certificate programs? Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 6.7 Does your department offer non-degree certificate programs? Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 6.8 Does your department offer non-degree certificate programs? Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
Table 7.1 Does your department offer adult education non-degree courses?
Table 7.2 Does your department offer adult education non-degree courses? Broken out by Country
Table 7.3 Does your department offer adult education non-degree courses? Broken out by public and private colleges
Table 7.4 Does your department offer adult education non-degree courses? Broken out by Carnegie class or type of institution
Table 7.5 Does your department offer adult education non-degree courses? Broken out by Number of students majoring in art
Table 7.6 Does your department offer adult education non-degree courses? Broken out by Annual Tuition
Table 7.7 Does your department offer adult education non-degree courses? Broken out by Number of FTE instructors in the art department
Table 7.8 Does your department offer adult education non-degree courses? Broken out by Number of years as chair or dean
What new programs, courses or practices is your department launching in the near future to cope with the new environment for higher education art programs?
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Sources / Contributors
- Barry University
- Bishop’s University
- Bowling Green State University
- California Institute of the Arts
- Columbia College Chicago
- Eastern New Mexico University
- Gardner-Webb University
- Harper College
- Jacksonville State University
- Kent State University
- Lamar University
- Los Medanos College
- McLennan Community College
- Missouri State University
- NSCAD University
- Oklahoma State University
- St Francis Xavier University
- SUNY Cortland
- SUNY New Paltz
- Texas AM University Corpus Christi
- Univ. of South Carolina Beaufort
- University of Alabama
- University of Alberta
- University of Kentucky
- University of South Florida
- University of Texas at El Paso
- University of Victoria
- Washington State University
- Wichita State University
- York University
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