by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Mississippi” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Mississippi, there were 130 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,896 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 85 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,502 and $27,577 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Mississippi” ranking looked at 7 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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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 Mississippi” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi bachelor’s degree fine arts students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school handed out 31 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tougaloo College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Mississippi list. Located in Tougaloo, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in University, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 35 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Mississippi. Located in Clinton, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Carey University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Mississippi. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #6, Belhaven University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Mississippi list. Belhaven University is a small school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 5 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Millsaps College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in Mississippi ranking. This small school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad 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%.
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