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When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 10th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 149,215 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $26,700 and had an average of $25,051 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 5,129 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,302 and $25,464 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 3,525 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,089 and $26,296 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking looked at 41 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts. That schools that top this list have a program in visual and performing arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The 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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. RMCAD is a small private for-profit school situated in Lakewood, Colorado. It awarded 129 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full RMCAD Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The College of Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. The College of Idaho is a private not-for-profit institution located in Caldwell, Idaho. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 The College of Idaho Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Colorado. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Greeley, Colorado, this fairly large public school handed out 149 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.4% 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 University of Northern Colorado Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Denver, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to 278 students 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Colorado College Visual & Performing Arts Report
With a ranking of #6, Brigham Young University - Provo did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 341 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full BYU Visual & Performing Arts Report
Fort Lewis College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Durango, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to 26 students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Fort Lewis College
University of Utah ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 363 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of Utah
With a ranking of #9, Westminster College Utah did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.5% 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 undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Westminster College Utah Visual & Performing Arts Report
With a ranking of #10, The University of Montana did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. The University of Montana is located in Missoula, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 120 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
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Metropolitan State University of Denver ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. This fairly large school is located in Denver, Colorado, and it awarded 140 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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Western Colorado University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Gunnison, Colorado is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Western
Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Colorado State University - Pueblo is a medium-sized public school situated in Pueblo, Colorado. It awarded 30 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Colorado State University - Pueblo
Montana State University landed the #14 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Bozeman, Montana, and it awarded 109 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Montana State University
Brigham Young University - Idaho came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in Rexburg, Idaho, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 216 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Brigham Young University - Idaho
Naropa University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Naropa University
University of Colorado Boulder came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Located in Boulder, Colorado, this large public school awarded 263 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of Colorado Boulder
University of Idaho landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Moscow, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to 64 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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 more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of Idaho
With a ranking of #19, Adams State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in Alamosa, Colorado, this small public school awarded 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
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Southern Utah University landed the #20 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Cedar City, Utah, and it awarded 68 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Southern Utah University
Boise State University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Boise State University is a public institution located in Boise, Idaho. The school has a large population, and it awarded 141 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 more about Visual & Performing Arts at Boise State
Colorado Mesa University ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado Mesa University is a medium-sized public school situated in Grand Junction, Colorado. It awarded 45 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Colorado Mesa University
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #23 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is a fairly large school located in Colorado Springs, Colorado that handed out 56 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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 UCCS
Colorado State University - Fort Collins ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Colorado State is located in Fort Collins, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 156 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 Colorado State
University of Denver did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking, coming in at #25. University of Denver is a fairly large school located in Denver, Colorado that handed out 93 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at University of Denver
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