by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Fine Arts is the 66th most popular major in the country with 11,922 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Florida, there were 557 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 506 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,395 and $25,950 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for florida bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Flagler College - St Augustine. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida. This small school is located in Saint Augustine, Florida, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ringling College of Art and Design. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida list. Sarasota, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida that were part of this year’s ranking, Beacon College landed the #3 spot on the list. Beacon College is a small school located in Leesburg, Florida that handed out 2 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Florida. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida. Located in Jacksonville, Florida, this fairly large public school awarded 67 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida Southern College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida list. Florida Southern College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lakeland, Florida. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s 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%.
Florida State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida ranking. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 112 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 University of West Florida landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida ranking. The University of West Florida is a fairly large public school situated in Pensacola, Florida. It awarded 28 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Palm Beach Atlantic University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida ranking. This small school is located in West Palm Beach, Florida, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Rollins College landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida ranking. Located in Winter Park, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 77 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
University of Central Florida ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida list. UCF is located in Orlando, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 76 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #12, University of South Florida - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida list. University of South Florida - Main Campus is a public institution located in Tampa, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Jacksonville University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida ranking. Jacksonville University is a small school located in Jacksonville, Florida that handed out 3 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Florida International University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida ranking. Located in Miami, Florida, this large public school awarded 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Miami did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #15. University of Miami is located in Coral Gables, Florida and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Nova Southeastern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida ranking, coming in at #16. NUS Florida is a large school located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida that handed out 7 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida list. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University is a medium-sized school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 2 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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Eckerd College ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Florida list. Eckerd College is a small school located in Saint Petersburg, Florida that handed out 0 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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