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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Oregon (With Aid)

9 Ranked Colleges
384 Degrees Awarded
$23,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Oregon For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree 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 Oregon For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Oregon (With Aid)

#1

Portland State University

Portland, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Portland State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to 73 students in 2019-2020.

Portland State University also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $13,040 for oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students with aid per year to attend Portland State University.

Full Portland State University Fine & Studio Arts Report

#2

University of Oregon

Eugene, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid. UO is a large public school situated in Eugene, Oregon. It awarded 150 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students with aid list, UO has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UO is $16,461 for oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students with aid.

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

#3

Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Oregon University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid. Southern Oregon University is located in Ashland, Oregon and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

Southern Oregon University also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list, coming in at #9. It costs about $10,386 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students with aid per year to attend Southern Oregon University.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Southern Oregon University

#4

Western Oregon University

Monmouth, Oregon

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oregon University landed the #4 spot on the list. Western Oregon University is a small school located in Monmouth, Oregon that handed out 17 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Western Oregon State College also took the #8 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Western Oregon University is $19,315 for oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students with aid.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Western Oregon State College

#5

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Oregon State University is located in Corvallis, Oregon and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 25 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Oregon State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Oregon State University is $20,016 for oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students with aid.

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 University Fine & Studio Arts Report

#6

George Fox University

Newberg, Oregon

With a ranking of #6, George Fox University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid list. 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. It costs about $30,378 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students with aid per year to attend GFU.

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%.

Full George Fox University Fine & Studio Arts Report

#7

Reed College

Portland, Oregon

Reed College landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid ranking. Reed is a private not-for-profit institution located in Portland, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students with aid list, Reed has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. It costs about $33,767 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students with aid per year to attend Reed College.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Reed

#8

Lewis & Clark College

Portland, Oregon

Lewis & Clark College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Portland, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our oregon bachelor’s degree fine arts students with aid list, Lewis and Clark College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Lewis & Clark College is $35,546 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students with aid.

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 & 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 Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #9. This small school is located in Portland, Oregon, and it awarded 42 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Pacific Northwest College of Art not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend Pacific Northwest College of Art is $33,872 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students with aid.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Pacific Northwest College of Art

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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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