2021 Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Colorado
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1,369Bachelor's Degrees
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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
In <nil>, visual & performing arts students earned 1,369 bachelor's degrees from a Colorado school, making the subject the 9th 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 Colorado ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree 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 Colorado Boulder tops the 2021 list of our schools in Colorado that are best for non-traditional visual & performing arts students. CU - Boulder is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Boulder. CU - Boulder not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Colorado list.
About 1.1% of CU - Boulder students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 24,299 students take at least one class online at CU - Boulder. About 7,631 of the students at CU - Boulder are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Colorado State University - Fort Collins as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Fort Collins, Colorado State is a public school with a fairly large student population. Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Colorado list.
The student loan default rate at Colorado State is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 12,180 students take at least one class online at Colorado State. 9,631 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Northern Colorado as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Greeley, University of Northern Colorado is a public college with a medium-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Northern Colorado, the school also landed the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Colorado ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. There are approximately 3,583 students at University of Northern Colorado that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,468 part time students in attendance at University of Northern Colorado.
Our rankings recognize University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus as the #4 school in this year's rankings. CU Anschutz is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver. CU Anschutz not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Colorado list.
About 0.9% of CU Anschutz students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,659 students take at least one class online at CU Anschutz. There are roughly 11,636 part time students in attendance at CU Anschutz.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Metropolitan State University of Denver. MSU Denver is a fairly large public school located in the city of Denver. MSU Denver also made our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Colorado list, coming in at #6.
About 2.8% of MSU Denver students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,148 students at MSU Denver that take at least one class online. 7,163 of MSU Denver students are attending part time.
Fort Lewis College earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the distant town of Durango, FLC is a public college with a small student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, FLC has also earned the #7 rank in our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Colorado ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.3%. There are approximately 1,249 students at FLC that take at least one class online. There are roughly 615 part time students in attendance at FLC.
The #7 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Colorado State University - Pueblo. Located in the medium-sized city of Pueblo, Colorado State University - Pueblo is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. Colorado State University - Pueblo did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Colorado list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 3.1%. There are approximately 2,048 students at Colorado State University - Pueblo that take at least one class online. 3,072 students are part time.
University of Colorado at Colorado Springs comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Colorado Springs, UCCS is a public college with a fairly large student population. UCCS not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Colorado list.
The student loan default rate at UCCS is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. Approximately 4,485 students take at least one class online at UCCS. 4,071 students are 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 1,369 bachelor's degrees from a Colorado school, making the subject the 9th 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.
