Studio Art Careers & Student Organizations

Where Studio Art Graduates Work

Studio Art alumni and interns have joined organizations including:

• Marvel Entertainment
• The Walt Disney Company
• Johnson & Johnson
• National Museum of Women in the Arts
• The RealReal
• Eldred’s Fine Art and Antiques Auctioneers
• Timothy S. Y. Lam Museum of Anthropology
• Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
• Green Room Communications
• Teach for America

Studio Art Salary and Job Outlook

U.S. News & World Report ranks High Point University #1 among Regional Universities in the South for Earnings by Major in Best Colleges 2027, a factor that measures what graduates earn four years after leaving campus.

Across all majors, 99% of High Point University’s Class of 2025 was employed or continuing their education within 180 days of graduation, 13 points above the national average, measured by National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) standards. The Princeton Review ranks HPU #14 for Best Career Services in its 2027 guide.

Since 2015, every Studio Art graduate who sought employment has found it. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported a $55,290 median annual wage for craft and fine artists and $114,850 for art directors in May 2025.

Salary and employment opportunities vary by occupation, industry, location, experience and other factors.

Job Titles Studio Art Graduates Hold

Career paths represented among HPU Studio Art graduates include:

• Lead Scenic Painter
• Junior Graphic Designer
• Digital Comics Intern
• Mathematics Teacher
• Graduate Student, Creative Arts Therapy
• Graduate Student, Museum and Gallery Studies
• Graduate Student, Biomedical Visualization

Roles Studio Art Graduates Can Pursue

A Studio Art degree can also prepare students for roles such as studio artist, illustrator, gallery or museum assistant, curator, art handler, art teacher, art therapist, photographer and art director, and for graduate study in fine arts, art history, museum studies and art therapy.

U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges 2027 edition ranked High Point University #1 Regional Universities in the South for Earnings by Major, a new factor that measures what graduates earn four years after leaving campus.

Studio Art Graduate Outcomes

Kristin Stazzone, a studio art major with an event management minor, became a junior graphic designer at Green Room Communications. She credits faculty mentors Mark Brown, Benita VanWinkle and Janis Dougherty with guidance and connections.

Lauren Henkel Engler, a studio art and performance theatre double major, became lead scenic painter at the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company in Baltimore. Alicia Miller, a studio art and Spanish education double major, joined Teach for America as a mathematics teacher.

Graduate School and Internships

Emily Judson continued to the University of Leicester for museum and gallery studies, Madeline Murray to Hofstra University for creative arts therapy counseling, and Casey Garr, a biology and studio art double major, to the University of Illinois at Chicago for biomedical visualization.

Gina Figliozzi, a studio art major with a communication minor, interned in the publishing department at Marvel Entertainment formatting digital comics. Graduates have also been accepted to Carnegie Mellon, George Washington University, Florida State University and the University of Delaware.