by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended 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 “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maine” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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 “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maine” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maine visual arts students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maine. 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 UMaine Farmington
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maine that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowdoin College landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Brunswick, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified ’s visual arts 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. 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%.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Bowdoin College
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