by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Tennessee” 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 Tennessee, there were 57 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,183 and $19,350 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 39 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,466 and $26,819 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Tennessee” ranking analyzed 7 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee bachelor’s degree visual arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Martin. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Tennessee list. Martin, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Milligan University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Tennessee. Milligan is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Milligan College, Tennessee. It awarded 4 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Tusculum University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Tennessee list. Tusculum University is a small school located in Greeneville, Tennessee that handed out 4 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lipscomb University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Tennessee list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 7 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend King University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Tennessee list. Bristol, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at King University
Tennessee Wesleyan University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Tennessee list. TWU is located in Athens, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
With a ranking of #6, Southern Adventist University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Tennessee list. Southern Adventist is a small school located in Collegedale, Tennessee that handed out 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Full Southern Adventist General Visual & Performing Arts Report
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