by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Fine Arts is the 66th most popular major in the country with 11,922 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 564 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 28 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,822 and $20,997 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in fine arts. That schools that top this list have a program in fine arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Western Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. CWI is a fairly large public school situated in Nampa, Idaho. It awarded 23 associates’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Salish Kootenai College landed the #2 spot on the list. SKC is located in Pablo, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 associates’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana - Western. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Dillon, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fine arts degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Casper College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Casper, Wyoming is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fine arts degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Otero Junior College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This small school is located in La Junta, Colorado, and it awarded 1 associates’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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