2021 Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Washington
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1,354Bachelor's Degrees
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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, visual & performing arts students earned 1,354 bachelor's degrees from a Washington school, making the subject the 10th in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 1.4% of all the visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees in the country.
This year's Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Washington ranking looked at 8 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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University of Washington - Seattle Campus has taken the #1 spot in this year's visual & performing arts ranking for non-traditional students. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the city of Seattle. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UW Seattle has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Washington ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 8,815 students at UW Seattle that take at least one class online. 9,705 of UW Seattle students are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Central Washington University. CWU is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Ellensburg. CWU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Washington list.
The student loan default rate at CWU is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 4,411 students at CWU that take at least one class online. About 1,565 of the students at CWU are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Western Washington University as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public school with a large student population. WWU also made our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Washington list, coming in at #3.
The student loan default rate at WWU is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 827 students take at least one class online at WWU. 1,864 of WWU students are attending part time.
Pacific Lutheran University landed the #4 spot in our 2021 best visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. PLU is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Tacoma. As a testament to the quality of education offered at PLU, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Washington ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 67 students at PLU that take at least one class online. There are roughly 199 part time students in attendance at PLU.
Our rankings recognize Washington State University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a very large student population. Wazzu also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Washington rankings.
The student loan default rate at Wazzu is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. 4,690 of Wazzu students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 4,985 part time students in attendance at Wazzu.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Seattle University. Seattle U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Seattle. Seattle U also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Washington rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 2,609 students take at least one class online at Seattle U. 1,465 students are part time.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Seattle Pacific University. Located in the city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. SPU also made our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Washington list, coming in at #8.
The student loan default rate at SPU is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. There are approximately 823 students at SPU that take at least one class online. 603 students are part time.
The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Lake Washington Institute of Technology. Located in the large suburb of Kirkland, LWTech is a public school with a small student population.
The student loan default rate at LWTech is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. 1,049 of LWTech students are exclusively distance learners. About 1,687 of the students at LWTech are attending part time.
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 the rest 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).
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In <nil>, visual & performing arts students earned 1,354 bachelor's degrees from a Washington school, making the subject the 10th in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 1.4% of all the visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees in the country.
