2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Therapy Major in the Southeast Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Therapy Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2021-2022, 770 people earned their degree in art therapy, making the major the 465th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 49 art therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 art therapy graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Therapy Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in art therapy. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their art therapy program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The art therapy school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Therapy Major in the Southeast Region”.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Therapy Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree art therapy students.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Art Therapy in the Southeast Region

1

Eastern Virginia Medical School
Norfolk, Virginia

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Therapy Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Virginia Medical School landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Virginia Medical School is a small public school situated in Norfolk, Virginia. It awarded 9 masters’s art therapy degrees in 2021-2022.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Eastern Virginia Medical School Art Therapy Report

2

Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

#23 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Therapy Major in the Southeast Region. Florida State University is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 13 masters’s art therapy degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Florida State University Art Therapy Report

3

Georgia College & State University
Milledgeville, Georgia

Top 25% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Georgia College & State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art Therapy Major in the Southeast Region. Georgia College is a medium-sized public school situated in Milledgeville, Georgia. It awarded 6 masters’s art therapy degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Art Therapy at Georgia College & State University

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Barbara E. Carver.