What is the benefits of getting a Master's degree in Art?

Hi, Audriana

depends on what you want to do. Sounds like you are still exploring your career interests. You like art but what career do you want? It can be applied in so many ways.

What type of art? What are your interests?

Internships are very important.

job shadowing as an undergrad is very important.

employers love meeting with college students.

make a list. Go meet people. Visit different job sites.

get to your Career Services Center. They help with this type of stuff, too.

Hi Audriana

As the previous answer stated, it depends on the specific job you are looking for. The art world is little too big to make generalizations about education requirements. Sorry.

If you have majored in fine art (painting, drawing, sculpture) or some sort of design, then getting a masters, often an MFA, will allow you to get jobs teaching art in colleges and universities. For many fine artists, this is a good "day job" to support themselves while they create their own art. A masters is considered the "terminal" degree for teaching art at the post secondary level. However, getting an MFA will not guarantee that your work will be accepted into galleries nor that it will sell. Getting an MFA will give you more time to develop your art with the help of art professors, which can be a huge plus.

If have majored in more commercial art, like graphic design, industrial design, then a masters will also allow you to teach at the post secondary level. However, a masters may not be necessary to get a job, IF you have good grades, good references and a good portfolio.

If you are interested in teaching art in tok children and teens, then a MS or MA in art education is often required, but this can vary from school district to school district. Since I had an undergraduate in art history, I had to get a masters in art education to get a job as an public school art teacher, but some school districts do not require a masters.

I hope this helps. You might want to research the specific job you would like in the art field ( graphic designer, industrial designer, fine artist, art professor) and then you could zero in on the educational requirements to get the job.