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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

8 Ranked Colleges
140 Degrees Awarded
$16,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great visual and performing arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Cambridge, Massachusetts is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 36 students 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 yearly cost to attend Harvard University is $1,010 for new england region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national 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 $30-$48k list. Boston U is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Boston U, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Boston University is $13,256 for new england region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

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. 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Boston U

#3

Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

North Adams, Massachusetts
#7 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts landed the #3 spot on the list. Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is a public institution located in North Adams, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MCLA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts is $13,325 for new england region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

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.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts

#8 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine at Farmington. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. UMaine Farmington is a small public school situated in Farmington, Maine. It awarded 5 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 $30-$48k list, UMaine Farmington has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMaine Farmington is $12,630 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at UMaine Farmington

#5

Stonehill College

Easton, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stonehill College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Easton, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stonehill, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stonehill is $24,386 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Stonehill College

#6

University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

North Dartmouth, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UMass Dartmouth is a public institution located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMass Dartmouth, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $15,219 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend UMass Dartmouth.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth

#7

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont
#4 in overall quality

Bennington College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Bennington, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

Bennington also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $22,730 for new england region bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Bennington College.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Bennington

#8

Champlain College

Burlington, Vermont
#5 in overall quality

Champlain College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Champlain also took the #5 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Champlain College is $27,736 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

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%.

Full Champlain Visual & Performing Arts Report

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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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