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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Oregon

3 Ranked Colleges
60 Degrees Awarded
$25,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Visual & Performing Arts is the 125th most popular major in the country with 6,359 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,577 and had an average of $26,968 in loans still to pay off.

Across Oregon, there were 60 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,850 and $22,492 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 60 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general visual and performing arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The visual arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k”.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for oregon bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Oregon

#1

Southern Oregon University

Ashland, Oregon

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Oregon University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k. Southern Oregon University is a medium-sized public school situated in Ashland, Oregon. It awarded 36 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Oregon University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Oregon University is $14,028 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#2

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Corvallis, Oregon, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The estimated yearly cost for Oregon State University is $23,645 for Oregon Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Oregon State

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Oregon For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific Northwest College of Art landed the #3 spot on the list. Portland, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

Pacific Northwest College of Art did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Oregon” list. The yearly cost to attend Pacific Northwest College of Art is $38,885 for oregon bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

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