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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the New England region, there were 271 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,872 and $26,650 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 196 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,403 and $25,944 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 19 colleges that offered a degree in general visual and performing arts. That schools that top this list have a program in general visual and performing arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree visual arts students.
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bennington College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Bennington, Vermont, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Bennington College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region list. North Adams, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at MCLA
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Champlain College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 38 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Champlain
Out of the 19 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #4 spot on the list. Northern Vermont University is located in Johnson, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Northern Vermont University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lesley University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region list. Lesley University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Lesley University
With a ranking of #6, Worcester State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region list. Worcester, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Worcester State University
With a ranking of #7, University of Maine at Farmington did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region list. University of Maine at Farmington is located in Farmington, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at UMaine Farmington
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at UMass Dartmouth
American International College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking. AIC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Springfield, Massachusetts. It awarded 4 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at American International College
Stonehill College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #10. Stonehill College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Easton, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Stonehill College
Harvard University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region list. Harvard is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It awarded 24 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Harvard University
Merrimack College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking. Merrimack College is a medium-sized school located in North Andover, Massachusetts that handed out 3 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Merrimack College General Visual & Performing Arts Report
College of the Holy Cross landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking. College of the Holy Cross is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 1 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Holy Cross
Northeastern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #14. Northeastern is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Boston, Massachusetts. It awarded 7 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Northeastern University
Suffolk University ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Suffolk
Boston University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region list. Located in Boston, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
Full Boston University General Visual & Performing Arts Report
Bowdoin College came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in Brunswick, Maine, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Full Bowdoin General Visual & Performing Arts Report
Endicott College landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking. Endicott is a small school located in Beverly, Massachusetts that handed out 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Endicott College
Bard College at Simon’s Rock ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region list. Located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Bard College at Simon’s Rock
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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