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 the Southwest Region” ranking.
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 Southwest region, there were 844 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,687 and $20,724 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 592 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region” ranking analyzed 21 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 southwest region bachelor’s degree visual arts students.
Out of the 21 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Advancing Technology landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Tempe, Arizona, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Advancing Technology
Out of the 21 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at Dallas landed the #2 spot on the list. UT Dallas is a public institution located in Richardson, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 285 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rogers State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. This small school is located in Claremore, Oklahoma, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Rogers State University General Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Navajo Technical University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Crownpoint, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 21 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rice University landed the #5 spot on the list. Rice is a medium-sized school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 26 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Rice University
Prescott College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Prescott, Arizona, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Prescott College General Visual & Performing Arts Report
New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. New Mexico State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at New Mexico State University - Main Campus
University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Albuquerque, New Mexico is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 35 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Oklahoma Baptist University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. OBU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas at Austin ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. UT Austin is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s 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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at UT Austin
University of Houston - Downtown landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s visual arts degrees 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%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Houston - Downtown
Lubbock Christian University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. This small school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Lubbock Christian University
With a ranking of #13, Grand Canyon University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, this large private for-profit school awarded 47 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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 Grand Canyon University
With a ranking of #14, Arizona State University - Tempe did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. ASU - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 20 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Arizona State University - Tempe
Texas A&M University - College Station came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. College Station, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Texas A&M University - College Station General Visual & Performing Arts Report
Texas Tech University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. 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 Texas Tech University General Visual & Performing Arts Report
East Texas Baptist University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. East Texas Baptist University is a small school located in Marshall, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at East Texas Baptist University
Western New Mexico University landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Silver City, New Mexico is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Western New Mexico University
Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region list. Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development is a small public school situated in Santa Fe, New Mexico. It awarded 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Institute of American Indian Arts
Arizona State University - Skysong landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Scottsdale, Arizona, this large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Arizona did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #17. University of Arizona is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Arizona
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