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2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
505 Degrees Awarded
$17,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 155,377 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, visual and performing arts is the 10th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,427 and had an average of $28,377 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 618 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 505 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great visual and performing arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k) in Vermont

#1

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Middlebury College landed the #1 spot on the list. Middlebury is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Middlebury, Vermont. It awarded 54 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlebury also took the #1 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. It costs about $6,161 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Middlebury.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 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 89%.

Full Middlebury College Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k. This fairly large school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 84 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UVM also took the #3 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. It costs about $12,015 for vermont bachelor’s degree visual & performing arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend UVM.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of Vermont

#3

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Vermont University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k. Northern Vermont University is located in Johnson, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 60 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

Northern Vermont University also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Northern Vermont University is $12,931 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Northern Vermont University

#4

Goddard College

Plainfield, Vermont
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Goddard College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k. Goddard College is located in Plainfield, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

Goddard College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Goddard College is $20,362 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Goddard College

#5

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bennington College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Bennington, Vermont, and it awarded 112 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Bennington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The yearly cost to attend Bennington is $23,511 for vermont bachelor’s degree visual & performing arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Bennington Visual & Performing Arts Report

#6

Champlain College

Burlington, Vermont
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Champlain College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Burlington, Vermont, and it awarded 146 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Champlain also took the #4 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Champlain is $27,028 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Champlain

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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

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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