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Ranked Colleges
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 912 people earned their degree in other visual and performing arts, making the major the 465th most popular in the United States.
Across the New England region, there were 69 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
The other visual & performing arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region”.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region.
Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern University landed the #1 spot on the list. Northeastern University is a large school located in Boston, Massachusetts that handed out 7 ’s other visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Northeastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $29,714 for New England Region Other Visual & Performing Arts students per year to attend Northeastern.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Northeastern University Other Visual & Performing Arts Report
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 in the New England Region. Clark University is a small school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 14 ’s other visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clark, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Clark is $27,233 for New England Region Other Visual & Performing Arts students.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
Full Clark University Other Visual & Performing Arts Report
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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
- *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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