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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in New York

6 Ranked Colleges
145 Degrees Awarded
$19,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in New York

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” ranking.

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

Across New York, there were 378 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 145 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” ranking analyzed 6 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in New York

#1

SUNY New Paltz

New Paltz, New York
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY New Paltz landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in New Paltz, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 52 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY New Paltz, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $17,171 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students per year to attend SUNY New Paltz.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at SUNY New Paltz

#2

SUNY Fredonia

Fredonia, New York
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Fredonia landed the #2 spot on the list. SUNY Fredonia is located in Fredonia, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

SUNY Fredonia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. It costs about $14,824 for new york bachelor’s degree visual arts students per year to attend SUNY Fredonia.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 SUNY Fredonia Visual & Performing Arts Report

#3

Purchase College

Purchase, New York
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purchase College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York. Purchase, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purchase College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Purchase College is $18,326 for new york bachelor’s degree visual arts students.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Purchase College

#4

Lehman College

Bronx, New York
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Lehman College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Bronx, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new york bachelor’s degree visual arts students list, Lehman has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $1,814 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students per year to attend Lehman.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Lehman

#5

Siena College

Loudonville, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Siena College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. Loudonville, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

Siena not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for Siena College is $27,479 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 Visual & Performing Arts at Siena College

#1 in overall quality

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Troy, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

RPI also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is $35,464 for new york bachelor’s degree visual arts students.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 0.5% 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 RPI 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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