by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 37,413 people earned their degree in fine and studio arts, making the major the 31st most popular in the United States. 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 Arkansas, there were 221 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,638 and $25,283 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 204 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,130 and $24,615 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas” ranking looked at 16 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas”.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Lyon College landed the #1 spot on the list. Lyon is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Batesville, Arkansas. It awarded 11 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 16 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of the Ozarks landed the #2 spot on the list. University of the Ozarks is located in Clarksville, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas. Located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Henderson State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas. Henderson State University is a small school located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas that handed out 14 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hendrix College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas. Hendrix College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Conway, Arkansas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
University of Central Arkansas landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas ranking. University of Central Arkansas is located in Conway, Arkansas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 38 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
University of Arkansas at Little Rock came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas ranking. University of Arkansas at Little Rock is located in Little Rock, Arkansas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
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University of Arkansas came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas ranking. UARK is a large public school situated in Fayetteville, Arkansas. It awarded 59 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, 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.
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Southern Arkansas University Main Campus landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas ranking. Located in Magnolia, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
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Harding University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas ranking. Harding University is located in Searcy, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Ouachita Baptist University landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas ranking. Arkadelphia, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
Arkansas Tech University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas list. Russellville, Arkansas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to 11 students in 2020-2021.
Arkansas State University - Main Campus landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas ranking. This fairly large school is located in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.
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With a ranking of #14, University of Arkansas - Fort Smith did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas list. UAFS is a medium-sized school located in Fort Smith, Arkansas that handed out 2 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #15, Williams Baptist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas list. WBU is located in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
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University of Arkansas at Monticello ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Arkansas list. University of Arkansas at Monticello is located in Monticello, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.
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