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Major Overview for Metal and Jewelry Arts

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Overview for Metal and Jewelry Arts

A program that prepares individuals creatively and technically to express emotions, ideas, or inner visions by fashioning art works from gems, other stones, and precious metals. Includes instruction in gemology; metalsmithing and finishing; stone cutting and polishing; metal and non-metal casting and molding; electroforming; metal coloring; enameling; photo etching; lapidary technique and art; design concepts; and personal style development.

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A major in Metal and Jewelry Arts is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided.

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Colleges Offering a Major in Metal and Jewelry Arts

Top 19 U.S. Colleges with the most degrees awarded of Metal and Jewelry Arts among the 2006-2007 graduating class.

AddInfoCollege Name Degrees Awarded*/
Percentage
SelectivityCost*
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA
20
(1.7%)
Moderately Selective$36,710
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA
16
(0.3%)
Moderately Selective$20,320
Rhode Island School of Design
Providence, RI
10
(2.2%)
Highly Selective$45,453
Northern Arizona University
Flagstaff, AZ
7
(0.2%)
Minimally Selective$12,400
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY
7
(0.3%)
Moderately Selective$36,435
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI
6
(0.4%)
Moderately Selective$16,448
University of Washington-Seattle Campus
Seattle, WA
5
(0.1%)
Moderately Selective$15,730
University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, OH
5
(0.2%)
Open Admissions$17,285
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
5
(0.1%)
Moderately Selective$13,122
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, MA
5
(0.4%)
Moderately Selective$18,236
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* The number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2006-2007 graduating class.