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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Virginia

5 Ranked Colleges
60 Degrees Awarded
$22,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Virginia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Fine Arts is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,032 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Virginia, there were 61 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia” ranking looked at 5 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fine arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Virginia

#1

Liberty University

Lynchburg, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Liberty University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia. Liberty University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Lynchburg, Virginia. It awarded 3 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Liberty University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. It costs about $28,903 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend Liberty University.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Liberty University

#2

Marymount University

Arlington, Virginia
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Marymount University landed the #2 spot on the list. Arlington, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Marymount, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. It costs about $26,078 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend Marymount University.

The low student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.

Full Marymount Fine Arts Report

#3

Mary Baldwin University

Staunton, Virginia
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mary Baldwin University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia list. Mary Baldwin University is located in Staunton, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mary Baldwin, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mary Baldwin University is $16,982 for Virginia Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.

Full Mary Baldwin Fine Arts Report

#4

Bridgewater College

Bridgewater, Virginia
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Bridgewater College landed the #4 spot on the list. Bridgewater, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Bridgewater also took the #3 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bridgewater College is $17,929 for virginia bachelor’s degree fine arts students.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Bridgewater

#5

Hollins University

Roanoke, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Hollins University landed the #5 spot on the list. Hollins is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Roanoke, Virginia. It awarded 5 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our virginia bachelor’s degree fine arts students list, Hollins has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hollins is $20,603 for virginia bachelor’s degree fine arts students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Hollins University

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

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

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