by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
Fine & Studio Arts is the 31st most popular major in the country with 37,604 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , fine & studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $25,159 and had an average of $25,720 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Southeast region, there were 6,112 fine & studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,517 and $24,800 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5,469 fine & studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 261 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine & studio arts. That schools that top this list have a program in fine & studio arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 261 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Virginia Beach landed the #1 spot on the list. Ai Virginia Beach is a private for-profit institution located in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ringling College of Art and Design. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Sarasota, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 57 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 261 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Art Institute of Atlanta landed the #3 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 8 students in 2021-2022.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Covenant College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Lookout Mountain, Georgia, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
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 Lyon College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region. Batesville, Arkansas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
AI Miami International University of Art and Design ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. AI Miami International University of Art and Design is a small private for-profit school situated in Miami, Florida. It awarded 3 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at AI Miami International University of Art and Design
Hollins University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Hollins University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Roanoke, Virginia. It awarded 10 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
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. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Oglethorpe University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Oglethorpe University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
With a ranking of #9, University of North Carolina at Asheville did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Asheville, North Carolina, this small public school handed out 47 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at University of North Carolina at Asheville
University of Montevallo landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Montevallo is a small school located in Montevallo, Alabama that handed out 40 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Brevard College landed the #11 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Brevard, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Savannah College of Art and Design came in at #12 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. SCAD is a fairly large school located in Savannah, Georgia that handed out 109 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Lander University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #13. Located in Greenwood, South Carolina, this small public school awarded 21 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
With a ranking of #14, Berea College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Berea, Kentucky, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Flagler College - St Augustine did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #15. Flagler College - St Augustine is a small school located in Saint Augustine, Florida that handed out 27 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Flagler College - St Augustine
Spalding University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Spalding is located in Louisville, Kentucky and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 20 bachelors’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Birmingham Southern College ranked #17 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Birmingham, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 17 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. 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.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Birmingham Southern College
University of the Ozarks landed the #18 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University of the Ozarks is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Clarksville, Arkansas. It awarded 6 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at University of the Ozarks
Salem College landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Winston-Salem, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fine arts degrees to 4 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Sweet Briar College ranked #20 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Sweet Briar is a private not-for-profit institution located in Sweet Briar, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Dillard University came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in New Orleans, Louisiana, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Dillard University
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff came in at #22 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, this small public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fine arts students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Sail University came in at #23 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Winter Park, Florida, and it awarded 210 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at Full Sail University
Sewanee - The University of the South ranked #24 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Sewanee is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sewanee, Tennessee. It awarded 9 bachelors’s fine arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.
Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Sewanee - The University of the South
Guilford College ranked #25 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fine Arts Major in the Southeast Region list. Guilford is a private not-for-profit institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Not only did these schools make the top 40 list, but they also landed in the top 15% of this year’s ranking:
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