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2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
140 Degrees Awarded
$15,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Visual & Performing Arts is the 217th most popular major in the country with 3,337 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 175 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 140 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent visual and performing arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Harvard University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Harvard did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Harvard University is $2,973 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Harvard Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

Boston University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Boston, Massachusetts, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $0-$30k list, Boston U has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $12,903 for new england region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Boston University.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%.

Full Boston U Visual & Performing Arts Report

#3

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

North Adams, Massachusetts
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k. North Adams, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $0-$30k list, MCLA has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $12,587 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend MCLA.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at MCLA

#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Farmington landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Maine at Farmington is located in Farmington, Maine and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

UMaine Farmington also took the #8 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $11,215 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Maine at Farmington.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at UMaine Farmington

#5

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

UMass Dartmouth also took the #6 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMass Dartmouth is $13,925 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full UMass Dartmouth Visual & Performing Arts Report

#6

Stonehill College

Easton, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Stonehill College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Easton, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Stonehill also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $22,284 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Stonehill College.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Stonehill College Visual & Performing Arts Report

#7

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont
#4 in overall quality

Bennington College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. Bennington College is a small school located in Bennington, Vermont that handed out 44 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Bennington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $23,511 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Bennington College.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Bennington

#8

Champlain College

Burlington, Vermont
#5 in overall quality

Champlain College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. This small school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $0-$30k list, Champlain has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Champlain is $27,028 for new england region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Champlain College

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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

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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