by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Montana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Fine & Studio Arts is the 31st most popular major in the country with 37,413 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,051 and had an average of $25,492 in loans still to pay off.
Across Montana, there were 86 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,688 and $26,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 77 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,324 and $24,992 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Montana” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in fine and studio arts. That schools that top this list have a program in fine and studio arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Montana” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for montana bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Montana. This fairly large school is located in Bozeman, Montana, and it awarded 47 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana - Western. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Montana. Located in Dillon, Montana, this small public school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at The University of Montana - Western
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rocky Mountain College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Montana. Located in Billings, Montana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #4 spot on the list. UM is located in Missoula, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University - Billings. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Montana. Montana State University - Billings is located in Billings, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
Full Montana State University - Billings Fine & Studio Arts Report
With a ranking of #6, University of Providence did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Montana list. University of Providence is located in Great Falls, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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