by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Digital Arts is the 233rd most popular major in the country with 3,225 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 309 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 237 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,720 and $23,024 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in digital arts. That schools that top this list have a program in digital arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree art & technology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Gnomon. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region list. This small school is located in Hollywood, California, and it awarded 31 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, 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 Otis College of Art and Design. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region. Otis College of Art and Design is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific Northwest College of Art. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region list. Pacific Northwest College of Art is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Portland, Oregon. It awarded 9 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Digital Arts at Pacific Northwest College of Art
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia College Hollywood. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region list. Tarzana, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s art and technology degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Oregon University landed the #5 spot on the list. Southern Oregon University is a medium-sized public school situated in Ashland, Oregon. It awarded 45 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #6, San Francisco Art Institute did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in San Francisco, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s art and technology students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Academy of Art University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 40 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Digital Arts at Academy of Art University
Marymount California University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s art and technology students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Digital Arts at Marymount California University
Linfield University - McMinnville Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region ranking, coming in at #9. Linfield is a small school located in McMinnville, Oregon that handed out 1 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Digital Arts at Linfield University - McMinnville Campus
Pacific University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region list. Pacific is a private not-for-profit institution located in Forest Grove, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 Southern California landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s art and technology degrees to 37 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Woodbury University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region list. Woodbury University is located in Burbank, California and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, Dominican University of California did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Art & Technology Major in the Far Western US Region list. Dominican University of California is a small school located in San Rafael, California that handed out 0 bachelors’s art and technology degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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