by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Maine, there were 4 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,463 and $30,985 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts. To top this list, a school must have a successful visual and performing arts program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine at Farmington landed the #1 spot on the list. UMaine Farmington is a public institution located in Farmington, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of Maine at Farmington
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maine for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowdoin College landed the #2 spot on the list. Bowdoin is a private not-for-profit institution located in Brunswick, Maine. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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