by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Fine Arts is the 66th most popular major in the country with 11,922 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across South Carolina, there were 183 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 179 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,293 and $28,603 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina” ranking analyzed 18 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of South Carolina - Aiken. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina list. UofSC Aiken is a public institution located in Aiken, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Beaufort. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina. University of South Carolina - Beaufort is a small public school situated in Bluffton, South Carolina. It awarded 8 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 18 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Bob Jones University landed the #3 spot on the list. Greenville, South Carolina 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 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Charleston. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina list. Located in Charleston, South Carolina, this fairly large public school handed out 34 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2020-2021.
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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of South Carolina - Upstate. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina. University of South Carolina - Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #6, Claflin University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina list. Claflin University is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #7, Wofford College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina list. Wofford is a private not-for-profit institution located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Columbia College ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina list. Columbia College is a small school located in Columbia, South Carolina that handed out 5 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #9, Benedict College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina list. Located in Columbia, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2020-2021.
Limestone College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina ranking. This small school is located in Gaffney, South Carolina, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina ranking. UofSC is a public institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
South Carolina State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #12. South Carolina State University is a small public school situated in Orangeburg, South Carolina. It awarded 2 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #13, Coker University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina list. Coker is located in Hartsville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
Coastal Carolina University ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina list. Coastal Carolina University is located in Conway, South Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
North Greenville University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina ranking. Located in Tigerville, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Clemson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #16. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Presbyterian College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina ranking, coming in at #17. PC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Clinton, South Carolina. It awarded 0 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Converse College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in South Carolina ranking. Converse is a small school located in Spartanburg, South Carolina that handed out 0 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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