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2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
102 Degrees Awarded
$17,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 12,032 people earned their degree in fine arts, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States.

Across Washington, there were 109 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 102 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine arts 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 fine arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school awarded 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.

Wazzu not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The estimated yearly cost for Washington State University is $9,334 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Wazzu

#2

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington
#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. EWU is a public institution located in Cheney, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

EWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend EWU is $8,473 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Eastern Washington University Fine Arts Report

#3

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k. Central Washington University is a fairly large public school situated in Ellensburg, Washington. It awarded 15 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $9,875 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend CWU.

Full Central Washington University Fine Arts Report

#4

Pacific Lutheran University

Tacoma, Washington
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific Lutheran University landed the #4 spot on the list. PLU is located in Tacoma, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.

PLU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend Pacific Lutheran University is $17,344 for washington bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.

Read more about Fine Arts at PLU

#5

Whitman College

Walla Walla, Washington
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Whitman College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Walla Walla, Washington, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Whitman, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Whitman is $22,616 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Whitman

#6

Seattle University

Seattle, Washington
#1 in overall quality

Seattle University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Seattle U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $23,730 for washington bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Seattle U.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Seattle U Fine Arts Report

#7

Cornish College of the Arts

Seattle, Washington
#5 in overall quality

Cornish College of the Arts landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Seattle, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

Cornish College of the Arts also took the #5 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Cornish College of the Arts is $31,070 for washington bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

The impressive 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. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Cornish College of the Arts

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.

Credits

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