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2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

3 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$20,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 12,032 people earned their degree in fine arts, making the major the 67th most popular in the United States.

Across Vermont, there were 87 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fine arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont bachelor’s degree fine arts students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in Vermont (With Aid)

#1

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Vermont. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid. Burlington, Vermont is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

UVM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Vermont is $18,982 for vermont bachelor’s degree fine arts students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.

Full UVM Fine Arts Report

#2

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northern Vermont University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid list. Northern Vermont University is a public institution located in Johnson, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University also made our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Northern Vermont University is $15,749 for vermont bachelor’s degree fine arts students with aid.

Full Northern Vermont University Fine Arts Report

#3

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlebury College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Getting Aid list. Middlebury is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Middlebury, Vermont. It awarded 5 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlebury also made our “Best Fine Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Middlebury is $25,656 for vermont bachelor’s degree fine arts students with aid.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Middlebury

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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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 Jorge Royan.

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