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2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

8 Ranked Colleges
160 Degrees Awarded
$25,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Pennsylvania, there were 215 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,500 and $24,320 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 160 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in general visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pennsylvania landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UPenn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $25,802 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students with aid per year to attend UPenn.

With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at UPenn

#2

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid. This medium-sized school is located in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 25 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

East Stroudsburg University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. The estimated yearly cost for East Stroudsburg University is $19,855 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students with aid.

Full East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#3

Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

Kutztown, Pennsylvania
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. Kutztown University is a public institution located in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Kutztown University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $22,422 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students with aid per year to attend Kutztown University.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Kutztown University

#4

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Temple University landed the #4 spot on the list. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Temple, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Temple University is $23,521 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Temple University

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. IUP is a fairly large public school situated in Indiana, Pennsylvania. It awarded 3 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

IUP also took the #7 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for IUP is $22,448 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students with aid.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at IUP

#6

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#2 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Drexel University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

Drexel also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $34,914 for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree visual arts students with aid per year to attend Drexel.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Drexel General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#7

Hussian College

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#8 in overall quality

Hussian College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid ranking. Hussian is a small private for-profit school situated in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It awarded 31 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Hussian not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” list. It costs about $18,155 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students with aid per year to attend Hussian.

Full Hussian General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#8

Moore College of Art and Design

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
#6 in overall quality

Moore College of Art and Design ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Moore College also took the #6 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $32,846 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students with aid per year to attend Moore College of Art and Design.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Moore College General Visual & Performing Arts Report

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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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