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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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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 Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Colorado” 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 Colorado, there were 56 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,153 and $28,500 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Colorado” ranking analyzed 2 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The visual arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Colorado”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
Schools Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Colorado
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Colorado”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #1 spot on the list. Colorado Springs, Colorado is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s visual arts degrees to 56 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%.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at UCCS
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Naropa University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in Colorado. Boulder, Colorado 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 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Naropa
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Notes and References
References
- The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
- Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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