2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Jewelry Arts in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Jewelry Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Jewelry Arts is the 823rd most popular major in the country with 545 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 215 jewelry arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 19 jewelry arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Jewelry Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in jewelry arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent jewelry arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the jewelry arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Jewelry Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Jewelry Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Jewelry Arts in the Far Western US Region

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$34,145 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Jewelry Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in San Francisco, California, this medium-sized private for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s jewelry arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Academy of Art University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Jewelry Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Academy of Art University is $34,145 for far western us region bachelor’s degree jewelry arts students.

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#2

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, California

#1 in overall quality

$33,876 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California College of the Arts. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Jewelry Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. California College of the Arts is a private not-for-profit institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

California College of the Arts also took the #1 spot in our “Best Jewelry Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend California College of the Arts is $33,876 for far western us region bachelor’s degree jewelry arts students.

The low 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Jewelry Arts at California College of the Arts

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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