by our College Data Analytics Team
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 Montana” 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 Montana, there were 329 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,883 and $25,250 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in visual and performing arts. To top this list, a school must have a successful visual and performing arts program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana. UM is a fairly large school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 154 ’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bozeman, Montana, and it awarded 136 ’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
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Billings landed the #3 spot on the list. Montana State University - Billings is a public institution located in Billings, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Montana State University - Billings
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Flathead Valley Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Kalispell, Montana, this small public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified ’s visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
Full Flathead Valley Community College Visual & Performing Arts Report
Out of the 11 schools in the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana - Western landed the #5 spot on the list. Montana Western is a public institution located in Dillon, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Rocky Mountain College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana ranking, coming in at #6. Rocky is located in Billings, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 ’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
Salish Kootenai College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana ranking, coming in at #7. Salish Kootenai College is a public institution located in Pablo, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Salish Kootenai College
Montana State University - Northern landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana ranking. This small school is located in Havre, Montana, and it awarded 1 ’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Montana State University - Northern
Carroll College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana ranking. Helena, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s visual and performing arts degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Providence did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana list. University of Providence is a small school located in Great Falls, Montana that handed out 1 ’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at University of Providence
Stone Child College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana ranking. This small school is located in Box Elder, Montana, and it awarded 0 ’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2020-2021.
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