2022 Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,039 people earned their degree in other visual and performing arts, making the major the 428th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 60 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other visual and performing arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree other visual & performing arts students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Visual & Performing Arts in the New England Region

#1

Endicott College

Beverly, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$35,642 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Endicott College landed the #1 spot on the list. Endicott College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Beverly, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 bachelors’s other visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Endicott also made our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $35,642 for new england region bachelor’s degree other visual & performing arts students per year to attend Endicott.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Other Visual & Performing Arts at Endicott College

#2

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$28,805 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clark University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Clark is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Worcester, Massachusetts. It awarded 6 bachelors’s other visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Clark did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $28,805 for new england region bachelor’s degree other visual & performing arts students per year to attend Clark.

The impressive 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. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Other Visual & Performing Arts at Clark University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Visual & Performing Arts

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

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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