by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Missouri” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
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 Missouri, there were 112 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,440 and $24,998 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 100 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,023 and $28,243 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Missouri” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Missouri” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for missouri bachelor’s degree visual arts students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southeast Missouri State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Missouri. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It awarded 52 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Southeast Missouri State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Missouri list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this large public school awarded 37 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 University of Missouri - Columbia General Visual & Performing Arts Report
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Fontbonne University landed the #3 spot on the list. Fontbonne University is a small school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 1 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Fontbonne University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Missouri list. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Missouri State University - Springfield
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Maryville University of Saint Louis. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Missouri. Maryville University of Saint Louis is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 1 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Maryville University of Saint Louis
Webster University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Missouri list. Webster is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Webster
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
