by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Wisconsin, there were 100 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,520 and $32,779 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,390 and $27,888 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in general visual and performing arts. To top this list, a school must have a successful general visual and performing arts program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Whitewater. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s. UW - Whitewater is a fairly large school located in Whitewater, Wisconsin that handed out 41 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full University of Wisconsin - Whitewater General Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Stout. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s list. UW - Stout is a medium-sized school located in Menomonie, Wisconsin that handed out 20 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at University of Wisconsin - Stout
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Parkside. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at UW - Parkside
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carthage College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 Carthage
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Beloit College landed the #4 spot on the list. Beloit, Wisconsin is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 6 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Wisconsin for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Cardinal Stritch University landed the #4 spot on the list. Cardinal Stritch University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 0 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Cardinal Stritch
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