by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Fine Arts is the 66th most popular major in the country with 11,681 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 507 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 18 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,612 and $39,317 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in fine arts. That schools that top this list have a program in fine arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree fine arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Colorado. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Northern Colorado is a medium-sized public school situated in Greeley, Colorado. It awarded 67 masters’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Colorado Boulder. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region list. University of Colorado Boulder is located in Boulder, Colorado and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 12 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
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 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #3 spot on the list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s fine arts degrees to 3 students 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 86%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Adams State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Rocky Mountains Region. Located in Alamosa, Colorado, this small public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified masters’s fine arts students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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