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by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Art History is the 192nd most popular major in the country with 3,491 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 558 art history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 art history graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 15 colleges that offer a degree in art history. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their art history program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region”.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California College of the Arts landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in San Francisco, California, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s art history students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Azusa Pacific University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region. This medium-sized school is located in Azusa, California, and it awarded 14 masters’s art history degrees in 2021-2022.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #4 spot on the list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 7 masters’s art history degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Oregon. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region. Eugene, Oregon is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s art history degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of California - Los Angeles came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. University of California - Los Angeles is a large public school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 1 masters’s art history degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Hawaii at Manoa ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region list. UH Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s art history degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #8, University of California - Riverside did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region list. UCR is a large school located in Riverside, California that handed out 7 masters’s art history degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 88%.
With a ranking of #9, University of Southern California did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region list. USC is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 2 masters’s art history degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
With a ranking of #10, University of California - Davis did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Davis, California, this large public school awarded 8 degrees to qualified masters’s art history students 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.
University of Washington - Seattle Campus ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 2 masters’s art history degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
University of California - Santa Barbara landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s art history degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
With a ranking of #12, University of California - Berkeley did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region list. Berkeley, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s art history degrees to 43 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Stanford University landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region ranking. Stanford University is located in Stanford, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s art history degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 98%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #12, University of California - San Diego did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Art History Major in the Far Western US Region list. University of California - San Diego is a public institution located in La Jolla, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 18 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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