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2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire

6 Ranked Colleges
117 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in New Hampshire

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 New Hampshire” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 39,860 people earned their degree in fine and studio arts, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.

Across New Hampshire, there were 159 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,233 and $30,500 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 117 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,910 and $24,324 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine and studio arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine and studio arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in New Hampshire

#1

Plymouth State University

Plymouth, New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Plymouth State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire list. This small school is located in Plymouth, New Hampshire, and it awarded 38 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Plymouth State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The yearly cost to attend Plymouth State University is $19,316 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Plymouth State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire list. University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 13 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. It costs about $24,067 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree fine arts students per year to attend UNH.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full UNH Fine & Studio Arts Report

#3

Keene State College

Keene, New Hampshire

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire that were part of this year’s ranking, Keene State College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Keene, New Hampshire, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Keene State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Keene State College is $19,394 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Keene State College

#4

New England College

Henniker, New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New England College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire list. NEC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Henniker, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NEC also took the #5 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” ranking. It costs about $29,082 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend New England College.

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#5

Colby - Sawyer College

New London, New Hampshire

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colby - Sawyer College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire list. Colby - Sawyer is located in New London, New Hampshire and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s Fine Arts degrees to qualified students.

Colby - Sawyer did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The yearly cost to attend Colby - Sawyer is $26,983 for new hampshire bachelor’s degree fine arts students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Colby - Sawyer Fine & Studio Arts Report

#6

Dartmouth College

Hanover, New Hampshire

Dartmouth College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in New Hampshire ranking. Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

Dartmouth not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New Hampshire” list. The yearly cost to attend Dartmouth is $33,574 for New Hampshire Bachelor’s Degree Fine Arts students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Dartmouth

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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.

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