2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region
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Ranked Colleges
153
Degrees Awarded
$35,500
Avg Cost*
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In 2021-2022, 3,211 people earned their degree in visual & performing arts, making the major the 221st most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 196 visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 153 visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,317 and $23,797 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual & performing arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their visual & performing arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region”.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bennington College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Bennington, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 34 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Bennington College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region. North Adams, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 17 students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at MCLA
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Worcester State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region. Worcester State is a public institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Worcester State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Champlain College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region. Located in Burlington, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 Champlain Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine at Farmington. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region list. Located in Farmington, Maine, this small public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UMaine Farmington Visual & Performing Arts Report
Stonehill College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region 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 10 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Full Stonehill College Visual & Performing Arts Report
Harvard University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 31 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Harvard University
With a ranking of #8, College of the Holy Cross did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region list. College of the Holy Cross is a private not-for-profit institution located in Worcester, Massachusetts. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at College of the Holy Cross
University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking. UMass Dartmouth is located in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 6 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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 University of Massachusetts - Dartmouth
Suffolk University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Suffolk University
Boston University ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region list. Boston U is a private not-for-profit institution located in Boston, Massachusetts. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad 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%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Boston U
Bowdoin College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking. Bowdoin College is a small school located in Brunswick, Maine that handed out 2 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Bowdoin Visual & Performing Arts Report
Endicott College came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking. Endicott is located in Beverly, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Endicott
Bard College at Simon’s Rock landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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 impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Full Simon’s Rock 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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