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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region

7 Ranked Colleges
80 Degrees Awarded
$22,153 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

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In 2020-2021, 6,355 people earned their degree in general visual and performing arts, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States. 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 127 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,265 and $28,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 80 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer 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 Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 7 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 56 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.

Full University of Colorado at Colorado Springs General Visual & Performing Arts Report

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Dixie State University
Saint George, Utah

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Dixie State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Dixie State College is a fairly large public school situated in Saint George, Utah. It awarded 18 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Dixie State University General Visual & Performing Arts Report

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Carroll College
Helena, Montana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carroll College. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Carroll Montana is located in Helena, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

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%.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Carroll College

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The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. The University of Montana is a fairly large school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 2 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Naropa University
Boulder, Colorado

With a ranking of #6, Naropa University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This small school is located in Boulder, Colorado, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Naropa University General Visual & Performing Arts Report

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The University of Montana - Western came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Montana Western is a small school located in Dillon, Montana that handed out 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.

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