2023 Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s” 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 New Jersey, there were 180 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 66 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,273 and $26,463 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in fine arts. To top this list, a school must have a successful fine arts program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s”.

Top 5 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in New Jersey

1

Stockton University
Galloway, New Jersey

#16 overall quality in New Jersey

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stockton University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s. This medium-sized school is located in Galloway, New Jersey, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Fine Arts at Stockton University

2

Drew University
Madison, New Jersey

#21 overall quality in New Jersey

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Drew University landed the #2 spot on the list. Drew University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Madison, New Jersey. It awarded 21 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Drew University Fine Arts Report

3

Kean University
Union, New Jersey

#17 overall quality in New Jersey

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Kean University landed the #3 spot on the list. Kean University is located in Union, New Jersey and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Kean

4

Saint Peter's University
Jersey City, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Peter’s University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s list. Saint Peter’s College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jersey City, New Jersey. It awarded 4 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Saint Peter’s College

5

New Jersey City University
Jersey City, New Jersey

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in New Jersey for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, New Jersey City University landed the #5 spot on the list. NJCU is a medium-sized school located in Jersey City, New Jersey that handed out 3 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Fine Arts at NJCU

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.