by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Maine” 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 Maine, there were 4 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Maine” ranking looked at 2 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Maine”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Maine list. Farmington, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s visual arts degrees to 3 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Maine at Farmington
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bowdoin College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Maine. Brunswick, Maine is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s visual arts degrees to 0 students 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%.
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