2021 Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Rhode Island
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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular subjects to study in Rhode Island. With 596 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 0.6% of all the visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees in the country.
For this year's Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Rhode Island ranking, we looked at 2 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.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
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University of Rhode Island has taken the #1 spot in this year's visual & performing arts ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at URI, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Rhode Island ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. Approximately 5,504 students take at least one class online at URI. 2,982 students are part time.
Rhode Island College landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the large suburb of Providence, RIC is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. RIC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Rhode Island list.
About 3.0% of RIC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 3,583 students take at least one class online at RIC. 2,015 of RIC students 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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Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular subjects to study in Rhode Island. With 596 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, it ranked 7th out of all the majors we track in the state. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 0.6% of all the visual & performing arts bachelor's degrees in the country.
