Databrief Vol. 11, No. 3: Arts Bachelor’s Graduates with $10,000+ in Student Loans are Less Likely to Work as Artists

The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Arts and Design Alumni

The authors of this report, Dr. Rachel Skaggs, Dr. Jennifer L. Novak-Leonard and Dr. Jeff Barbee, provide insight into arts and design graduates whose work is — or before the pandemic was — in the arts, design, or creative realm by examining their working lives, economic lives, and the skills that they needed to attain or update during the first two years of the pandemic in the United States. This report was supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.