by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking - to help you make that 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 672 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 $62,572 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular visual and performing arts programs in the United States.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree visual arts students.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wilson College landed the #1 spot on the list. Wilson is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. It awarded 7 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College at Brockport. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s. The College at Brockport is located in Brockport, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 masters’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at The College at Brockport
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purchase College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s list. Purchase College is a small school located in Purchase, New York that handed out 3 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Purchase College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brooklyn College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s list. Located in Brooklyn, New York, this fairly large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University at Buffalo. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s. University at Buffalo is a large school located in Buffalo, New York that handed out 1 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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 freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University at Buffalo
William Paterson University of New Jersey ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s list. Wayne, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at William Paterson University of New Jersey
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s ranking. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Troy, New York. It awarded 10 masters’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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
The City College of New York came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s ranking. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Ramapo College of New Jersey landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Master’s ranking. Ramapo College of New Jersey is a public institution located in Mahwah, New Jersey. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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