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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Rhode Island for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Rhode Island, there were 709 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,667 and $22,440 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 570 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,833 and $24,930 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Rhode Island for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rhode island bachelor’s degree visual & performing arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island School of Design. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Rhode Island for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 199 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The impressive undergraduate 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.
Full Rhode Island School of Design Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Rhode Island for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Kingston, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school awarded 108 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, 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.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rhode Island College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Rhode Island for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this medium-sized public school handed out 98 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at RIC
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Rhode Island for a Bachelor’s. Located in Providence, Rhode Island, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 83 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Brown Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend New England Institute of Technology. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Rhode Island for a Bachelor’s. New England Tech is located in East Greenwich, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 42 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at New England Tech
Roger Williams University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Rhode Island for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Roger Williams University is located in Bristol, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
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 Roger Williams University Visual & Performing Arts Report
Salve Regina University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Rhode Island for a Bachelor’s ranking. Salve Regina is located in Newport, Rhode Island and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Salve Regina University
Providence College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Rhode Island for a Bachelor’s ranking. Providence is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, 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 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Providence College
Johnson & Wales University - Providence came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Rhode Island for a Bachelor’s ranking. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Full Johnson & Wales University - Providence Visual & Performing Arts Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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