2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Mississippi

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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 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.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in fine and studio arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular fine and studio arts programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi bachelor’s degree fine arts students.

Top 7 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Mississippi

1

University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi

#2 overall quality in Mississippi

$21,896 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. Ole Miss is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of Mississippi

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#5 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 31 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

Mississippi College
Clinton, Mississippi

#3 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the #3 spot on the list. MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

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%.

Full MC Fine & Studio Arts Report

4

William Carey University
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#4 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Carey University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 5 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at William Carey University

4

Belhaven University
Jackson, Mississippi

#7 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belhaven University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. Belhaven University is located in Jackson, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Belhaven

6

Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, Mississippi

With a ranking of #6, Tougaloo College did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Tougaloo, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2020-2021.

Full Tougaloo College Fine & Studio Arts Report

7

Millsaps College
Jackson, Mississippi

Millsaps College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in Mississippi for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Millsaps

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.