by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 11,922 people earned their degree in fine arts, making the major the 66th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 2,195 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 129 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 28 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 southeast region master’s degree fine arts students.
Out of the 28 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Orleans landed the #1 spot on the list. University of New Orleans is located in New Orleans, Louisiana and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 28 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #2 spot on the list. University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 9 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 10 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, 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.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 11 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Louisiana Tech University is a public institution located in Ruston, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Morehead State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Morehead State University is located in Morehead, Kentucky and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
Western Carolina University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. WCU is a public institution located in Cullowhee, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Georgia Southern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #8. Georgia Southern University is located in Statesboro, Georgia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
Tulane University of Louisiana came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tulane University of Louisiana is a private not-for-profit institution located in New Orleans, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Belmont University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Belmont University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 2 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%.
University of South Florida - Main Campus landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. USF Tampa is located in Tampa, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
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%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
University of Florida did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #12. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 15 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.
University of Louisville landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Louisville is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #14, University of Kentucky did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s fine arts students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Florida Atlantic University landed the #15 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 5 masters’s fine arts degrees 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%.
East Carolina University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #16. ECU is a public institution located in Greenville, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #17, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. UNC Chapel Hill is a large school located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina that handed out 5 masters’s fine arts degrees 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
University of South Carolina - Columbia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #18. This large school is located in Columbia, South Carolina, and it awarded 4 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #19, Florida State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida State is a public institution located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Mississippi came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of Mississippi is a large school located in University, Mississippi that handed out 2 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #21, The University of Alabama did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. UA is a large public school situated in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. It awarded 3 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #22, Florida International University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. FIU is located in Miami, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Liberty University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Liberty University is located in Lynchburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #24, Cumberland University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Cumberland University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lebanon, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Bob Jones University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Bob Jones University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Greenville, South Carolina. It awarded 10 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Lander University ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Greenwood, South Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s fine arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Mississippi College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. MC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Clinton, Mississippi. It awarded 1 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Harding University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Searcy, Arkansas, and it awarded 7 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, 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%.
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