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2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 3,130 people earned their degree in visual and performing arts, making the major the 221st most popular in the United States.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 73 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 62 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their visual and 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 Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

Top 6 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Rocky Mountains Region

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Colorado at Colorado Springs. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. UCCS is a fairly large public school situated in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It awarded 56 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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Carroll College
Helena, Montana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carroll College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This small school is located in Helena, Montana, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Carroll College

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The University of Montana
Missoula, Montana

Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #3 spot on the list. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at The University of Montana

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

Full University of Utah Visual & Performing Arts Report

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Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana - Western landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Dillon, Montana, this small public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Montana Western

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Naropa University
Boulder, Colorado

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naropa University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Naropa

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