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2021 Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

44 Colleges
4,931 Bachelor's Degrees
$33,354 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

This year's Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking analyzed 44 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in fine arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine & studio arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine & studio arts program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

Check out the fine arts programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.

Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo has taken the #1 spot in this year's fine & studio arts ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region ranking.

About 0.8% of Cal Poly San Luis Obispo students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 15,682 students at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo that take at least one class online. 1,455 students are part time.

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2

University of Southern California landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best fine & studio arts schools for non-traditional students. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles. USC also made our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #1.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. 6,687 of USC students are attending part time.

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3

San Jose State University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, San Jose State also is in the top 20% of our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at San Jose State is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 19,939 students take at least one class online at San Jose State. There are roughly 9,800 part time students in attendance at San Jose State.

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4

Our rankings recognize California State University - Fullerton as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public school with a very large student population.

About 0.8% of Cal State Fullerton students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 25,781 students take at least one class online at Cal State Fullerton. There are roughly 10,634 part time students in attendance at Cal State Fullerton.

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University of California - Los Angeles landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best fine & studio arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCLA, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at UCLA is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 25,859 students at UCLA that take at least one class online. 2,161 students are part time.

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6

University of California - Berkeley earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UC Berkeley has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. There are roughly 4,099 part time students in attendance at UC Berkeley.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle. UW Seattle also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region rankings.

About 0.7% of UW Seattle students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,815 students take at least one class online at UW Seattle. 9,705 of UW Seattle students are attending part time.

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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to California State University - Long Beach. Located in the large city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 0.8% of CSULB students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 24,806 students at CSULB that take at least one class online. About 8,046 of the students at CSULB are attending part time.

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San Francisco State University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. SFSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Francisco.

The student loan default rate at SFSU is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. 14,003 of SFSU students are exclusively distance learners. 6,034 of SFSU students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize California State University - East Bay as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Cal State East Bay is a large public school located in the suburb of Hayward.

The student loan default rate at Cal State East Bay is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. 7,069 students at Cal State East Bay are exclusively online. 3,650 students are part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Fine & Studio Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students fine & studio arts colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 3,908
Washington 390
Oregon 368
Nevada 97
Hawaii 111
Alaska 32

Fine & Studio Arts is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

References

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