2021 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
8Colleges
1,579Bachelor's Degrees
$28,169Avg Cost*
Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer a bachelor's in visual arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general visual & performing arts programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the general visual & performing arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
Check out the visual arts programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Florida tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southeast Region that are best for non-traditional general visual & performing arts students. UF is a very large public school located in the city of Gainesville. UF also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 22,865 students at UF that take at least one class online. 11,205 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize George Mason University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at GMU, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 21,490 students take at least one class online at GMU. There are roughly 12,712 part time students in attendance at GMU.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Central Florida. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public school with a fairly large student population. UCF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region list.
The student loan default rate at UCF is lower than is typical, just 1.3% of students default in three years. Approximately 28,807 students take at least one class online at UCF. There are roughly 23,575 part time students in attendance at UCF.
Our rankings recognize Mississippi State University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the remote town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public school with a very large student population. Mississippi State also made our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #6.
The student loan default rate at Mississippi State is lower than is typical, just 2.0% of students default in three years. Approximately 6,015 students take at least one class online at Mississippi State. There are roughly 4,224 part time students in attendance at Mississippi State.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Longwood University. Located in the town of Farmville, Longwood is a public college with a small student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Longwood has also earned the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Longwood is lower than is typical, just 1.6% of students default in three years. 904 of Longwood students are exclusively distance learners. 1,338 students are part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Christopher Newport University. Located in the city of Newport News, CNU is a public college with a small student population. CNU also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region rankings.
The student loan default rate at CNU is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. About 106 of the students at CNU are attending part time.
The University of Tennessee - Martin earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the remote town of Martin, UT Martin is a public college with a medium-sized student population. UT Martin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region list.
About 2.2% of UT Martin students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 1,612 students at UT Martin are exclusively online. About 2,163 of the students at UT Martin are attending part time.
Jackson State University landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best general visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Jackson, Jackson State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. Jackson State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 4.1%. 3,195 of Jackson State students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 2,164 part time students in attendance at Jackson State.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Visual Arts
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 8 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
