2022 Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 19,826 people earned their degree in art studies, making the major the 52nd most popular in the United States.

Across Kentucky, there were 41 art studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 art studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,401 and $24,684 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in art studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great art studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the art studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Art Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Kentucky

#1

Berea College

Berea, Kentucky

#1 in overall quality

$8,723 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berea College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k list. Berea, Kentucky is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s art studies degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Berea did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Art Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” list. It costs about $8,723 for Kentucky Bachelor’s Degree Art Studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Berea College.

The low 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%. The 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Berea Art Studies Report

#2

Eastern Kentucky University

Richmond, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$17,293 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Art Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Kentucky For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Kentucky University landed the #2 spot on the list. Eastern Kentucky University is a fairly large school located in Richmond, Kentucky that handed out 13 bachelors’s art studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern also took the #2 spot in our “Best Art Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Kentucky” ranking. It costs about $17,293 for Kentucky Bachelor’s Degree Art Studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Eastern Kentucky University.

Full Eastern Kentucky University Art Studies Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Art Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Art Studies (Income $75-$110k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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