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2021 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region

4 Colleges
688 Bachelor's Degrees
$30,796 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region

For this year's Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a bachelor's in visual arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general visual & performing arts programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general visual & performing arts program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Grand Canyon University has taken the #1 spot in this year's general visual & performing arts ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Phoenix, Grand Canyon University is a private for-profit school with a fairly large student population. Grand Canyon University also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southwest Region rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. 79,865 students at Grand Canyon University are exclusively online. 80,777 students are part time.

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The University of Texas at Dallas earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the midsize city of Richardson, UT Dallas is a public college with a very large student population. UT Dallas did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southwest Region list.

About 1.4% of UT Dallas students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 10,632 students take at least one class online at UT Dallas. 5,977 students are part time.

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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The University of Texas at Austin. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the city of Austin. UT Austin not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southwest Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 23,198 students take at least one class online at UT Austin. 3,479 of UT Austin students are attending part time.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best general visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces, NMSU Main Campus is a public college with a fairly large student population. NMSU Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Southwest Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.9%. Approximately 7,734 students take at least one class online at NMSU Main Campus. About 3,478 of the students at NMSU Main Campus are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students general visual & performing arts schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 431
Arizona 86
Oklahoma 16
New Mexico 59

One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, General Visual & Performing Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 4 schools only.

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