Bachelor in Visual and Performing Arts (Bachelor's)

At Eckerd College, tuition is Tuition for the 2024-2025 academic year is $44,500 per year..

This programme allows students to design a custom major using courses from multiple disciplines including Visual Arts, Creative Writing, Theatre, Music, and Film Studies. Students engage in hands-on creative work through studios, labs, and independent studies. The curriculum emphasizes self-directed learning and interdisciplinary synthesis. Faculty advisors support students in developing individualized academic plans and projects.

Focus areas include Visual Arts, Creative Writing, Theatre, Music, Film Studies, Digital Arts.

The major requires 16 courses drawn from two or more disciplines. Students complete a senior project and may pursue independent studies with faculty mentors.

Graduates pursue roles in arts and creative direction, arts management, digital arts, multimedia design, and performing arts.

Applicants must submit a high school transcript and a creative portfolio. A personal statement outlining academic and artistic goals is required. Admission decisions are based on academic record and creative potential.

The programme totals about 48 credit hours. On-campus, full-time, four-year programme. For international students, tuition is well above the median for US programmes. The institution admits about 79% of applicants.

Eckerd College is a liberal arts college in St. Petersburg, Florida, with academic pathways that lead graduates into medicine, law, marine science and other fields. Students have worked with organizations including NASA, NOAA, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, Boeing Intelligence & Analytics, Fish and Wildlife Research Institute and Raymond James Financial. Students have also co-authored research on gopher tortoises in scientific journals. Ninety percent of graduates earn their degree in four years or fewer, and 94% are employed or pursuing advanced degrees within one year of graduation.

The college’s waterfront campus is home to 1,800 students from across the United States and around the world. St. Petersburg sits on Florida’s Gulf Coast, with seven beaches nearby and an average year-round temperature of 75 degrees. Some residence halls have ocean views, and most are pet-friendly. The city also offers access to technology jobs and a strong work-life balance.

International students can ease into college through Autumn Term, a three-week orientation that introduces college life and helps students plan their studies. Each student receives support from a personal faculty mentor. Eckerd offers faculty-led study abroad programmes, a semester at its study centre in London and about 300 destinations each year, giving students several ways to add international experience to their degree.