by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Oregon” ranking.
General Visual & Performing Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 6,355 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,134 and had an average of $26,019 in loans still to pay off.
Across Oregon, there were 66 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,630 and $27,419 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,095 and $25,983 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Oregon” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general visual and performing arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general visual and performing arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Oregon” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Oregon”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pacific Northwest College of Art. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Oregon 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 9 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Pacific Northwest College of Art
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Oregon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Oregon list. This medium-sized school is located in Ashland, Oregon, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Oregon University General Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Linfield University - McMinnville Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Oregon. Located in McMinnville, Oregon, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
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%.
Full Linfield University - McMinnville Campus General Visual & Performing Arts Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Pacific University landed the #4 spot on the list. Pacific University is located in Forest Grove, Oregon and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
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%. 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.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Pacific University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Oregon that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oregon University landed the #5 spot on the list. Western Oregon State College is a public institution located in Monmouth, Oregon. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Western Oregon University General Visual & Performing Arts Report
Oregon State University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Oregon list. Oregon State University is a public institution located in Corvallis, Oregon. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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