by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,538 people earned their degree in illustration, making the major the 249th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 267 illustration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 264 illustration graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in illustration. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in illustration.
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The illustration school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montserrat College of Art. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region list. Located in Beverly, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s illustration students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Art and Design landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s illustration degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island School of Design landed the #3 spot on the list. RISD is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 73 bachelors’s illustration degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maine College of Art. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region. Maine College of Art is a small school located in Portland, Maine that handed out 8 bachelors’s illustration degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lesley University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region list. Lesley University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 30 bachelors’s illustration degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
New England College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region ranking. New England College is located in Henniker, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s illustration degrees to qualified students.
University of Hartford came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in West Hartford, Connecticut, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s illustration students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
With a ranking of #8, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region list. UMass Dartmouth is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s illustration degrees to qualified students.
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University of New Haven ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region list. This medium-sized school is located in West Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s illustration degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Bridgeport landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Bridgeport is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Suffolk University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region ranking. Suffolk University is a medium-sized school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 0 bachelors’s illustration degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Northeastern University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Illustration Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s illustration students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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