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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income Over $110k) in Rhode Island

6 Ranked Colleges
231 Degrees Awarded
$37,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Rhode Island For Those Making Over $110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 39,860 people earned their degree in fine and studio arts, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. 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 Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making Over $110k” ranking analyzed 6 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making Over $110k

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income Over $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 Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making Over $110k. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rhode island bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make more than $110k list, RIC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for RIC is $10,922 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Rhode Island College

#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Rhode Island. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making Over $110k. University of Rhode Island is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s degrees 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 URI is $20,607 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make more than $110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Salve Regina University

Newport, Rhode Island

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Salve Regina University landed the #3 spot on the list. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. It costs about $34,644 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make more than $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%.

Full Salve Regina Fine & Studio Arts Report

#4

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 #4 for the Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making Over $110k. Brown University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 49 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brown, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. It costs about $29,392 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Brown University.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#5

New England Institute of Technology

East Greenwich, Rhode Island
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making Over $110k. Located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

New England Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” list. The yearly cost to attend New England Institute of Technology is $31,690 for rhode island bachelor’s degree fine arts students whose families make more than $110k.

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%. 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.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at New England Institute of Technology

#6

Rhode Island School of Design

Providence, Rhode Island

Rhode Island School of Design ranked #6 on this year’s Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Rhode Island For Those Making Over $110k list. RISD is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Providence, Rhode Island. It awarded 92 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

RISD also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Rhode Island” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Rhode Island School of Design is $43,982 for Rhode Island Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, 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. 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.

Full Rhode Island School of Design 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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