by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 611 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Regent University landed the #1 spot on the list. Regent University is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Regent University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Charleston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Charleston, South Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual arts degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at College of Charleston
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Norfolk State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Norfolk, Virginia, and it awarded 1 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Norfolk State University Visual & Performing Arts Report
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, West Virginia University landed the #4 spot on the list. West Virginia University is located in Morgantown, West Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend George Mason University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southeast Region. George Mason University is a large public school situated in Fairfax, Virginia. It awarded 6 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, 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 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Mississippi State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school handed out 42 diplomas to qualified masters’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Mississippi State University
Cumberland University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Cumberland University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Lebanon, Tennessee. It awarded 0 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Bob Jones University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Greenville, South Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.6% 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%.
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