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

6 Ranked Colleges
231 Degrees Awarded
$28,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k

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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 Rhode Island, there were 300 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,180 and $29,549 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 231 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 Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine and studio arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine and studio arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Rhode Island

#1

Rhode Island College

Providence, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized public school handed out 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

RIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. The estimated yearly cost for RIC is $15,816 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Rhode Island College Fine & Studio Arts Report

#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k. Brown University is located in Providence, Rhode Island and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 49 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

Brown also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Brown University is $21,634 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #3 spot on the list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

URI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Rhode Island is $23,709 for Rhode Island 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4

Salve Regina University

Newport, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Salve Regina University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k. Newport, Rhode Island is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Salve Regina also took the #3 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. It costs about $32,863 for rhode island bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Salve Regina.

The low student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Salve Regina University

#5

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rhode Island School of Design. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k. This small school is located in Providence, Rhode Island, and it awarded 92 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

RISD not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. The yearly cost to attend Rhode Island School of Design is $41,250 for rhode island bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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 full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Rhode Island School of Design

#6

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

New England Institute of Technology did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. New England Tech is located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

New England Tech also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend New England Institute of Technology is $36,802 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at New England Tech

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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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