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2021 Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

54 Colleges
16,697 Bachelor's Degrees
$35,759 Avg Cost*

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Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

For this year's Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking, we looked at 54 colleges that offer a bachelor's in visual & performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent visual & performing arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the visual & performing arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of Southern California has taken the #1 spot in this year's visual & performing arts ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population. USC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Far Western US Region list.

About 0.5% of USC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. 6,687 students are part time.

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University of Nevada - Las Vegas earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNLV is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas.

The student loan default rate at UNLV is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 15,438 students at UNLV that take at least one class online. There are roughly 8,226 part time students in attendance at UNLV.

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3

San Francisco State University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a very large student population.

About 1.8% of SFSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 14,003 students at SFSU are exclusively online. 6,034 of SFSU students are attending part time.

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Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA

Academy of Art University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. 4,441 students at Academy of Art University are exclusively online. 3,981 students are part time.

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California State University - Fullerton earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Cal State Fullerton is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Fullerton.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 25,781 students at Cal State Fullerton that take at least one class online. 10,634 of Cal State Fullerton students are attending part time.

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California State University - Long Beach comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. CSULB is a fairly large public school located in the city of Long Beach.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 24,806 students at CSULB that take at least one class online. 8,046 students are part time.

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Loyola Marymount University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population. On top of its placing in our non-traditional rankings, Loyola Marymount also did well on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Far Western US Region list. It's in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in that analysis.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 4,981 students at Loyola Marymount that take at least one class online. 764 students are part time.

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San Jose State University landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. San Jose State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Jose.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 19,939 students take at least one class online at San Jose State. About 9,800 of the students at San Jose State are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize San Diego State University as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large city of San Diego, SDSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. Approximately 21,657 students take at least one class online at SDSU. About 5,452 of the students at SDSU are attending part time.

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University of California - Los Angeles comes in at #10 in this year's ranking. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles. In addition to being on our bet for non-traditional students list, UCLA is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Far Western US Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 25,859 students at UCLA that take at least one class online. 2,161 of UCLA students are attending part time.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Visual & Performing Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students visual & performing arts schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 13,368
Washington 1,357
Hawaii 145
Oregon 1,262
Nevada 383
Alaska 57

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*Avg Cost is for the top 25 schools only.

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