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2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k

9 Ranked Colleges
384 Degrees Awarded
$25,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Fine & Studio Arts is the 29th most popular major in the country with 39,860 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 433 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,767 and $33,694 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 384 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in fine and studio arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine and studio arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Oregon

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Portland State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 73 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Portland State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend Portland State University is $17,077 for oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Portland State University

#2

Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Oregon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Oregon University is a medium-sized public school situated in Ashland, Oregon. It awarded 11 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Oregon University, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Oregon University is $14,028 for oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Southern Oregon University

#3

Western Oregon University

Monmouth, Oregon

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Oregon University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k list. This small school is located in Monmouth, Oregon, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Western Oregon State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend Western Oregon University is $20,868 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Western Oregon State College Fine & Studio Arts Report

#4

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Oregon is a large public school situated in Eugene, Oregon. It awarded 150 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UO also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Oregon is $22,282 for oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at UO

#5

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oregon State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k. This large school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oregon State University is $23,645 for oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low 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%.

Full Oregon State Fine & Studio Arts Report

#6

Reed College

Portland, Oregon

Reed College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Reed College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 7 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k list, Reed has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Reed is $26,961 for oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Reed College Fine & Studio Arts Report

#7

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon

George Fox University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #7. George Fox University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Newberg, Oregon. It awarded 7 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

GFU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for GFU is $31,671 for oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at GFU

#8

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, Oregon

With a ranking of #8, Lewis & Clark College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

Lewis and Clark College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lewis & Clark College is $35,626 for oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Lewis and Clark College

Pacific Northwest College of Art did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #9. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to 42 students in 2019-2020.

Pacific Northwest College of Art also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $38,885 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Pacific Northwest College of Art.

Full Pacific Northwest College of Art Fine & Studio Arts Report

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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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