2021 Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
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Bachelor's Degrees
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Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region ranking analyzed 44 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in fine arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine & studio arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine & studio arts program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Far Western US Region
Check out the fine arts programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Top 10 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo has taken the #1 spot in this year's fine & studio arts ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the small suburb of San Luis Obispo, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 15,682 students take at least one class online at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. 1,455 students are part time.
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University of Southern California landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best fine & studio arts schools for non-traditional students. USC is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles. USC also made our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region list, coming in at #1.
About 0.5% of USC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 15,291 students take at least one class online at USC. There are roughly 6,687 part time students in attendance at USC.
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San Jose State University earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the large city of San Jose, San Jose State is a public school with a fairly large student population. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, San Jose State also is in the top 20% of our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at San Jose State is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 19,939 students at San Jose State that take at least one class online. About 9,800 of the students at San Jose State are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize California State University - Fullerton as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Fullerton, Cal State Fullerton is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. Approximately 25,781 students take at least one class online at Cal State Fullerton. 10,634 students are part time.
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University of California - Los Angeles landed the #5 spot in our 2021 best fine & studio arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, UCLA is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCLA, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 25,859 students at UCLA that take at least one class online. 2,161 of UCLA students are attending part time.
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University of California - Berkeley earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UC Berkeley has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UC Berkeley is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. Approximately 26,398 students take at least one class online at UC Berkeley. 4,099 students are part time.
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University of Washington - Seattle Campus comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. UW Seattle is a very large public school located in the large city of Seattle. UW Seattle also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Far Western US Region rankings.
About 0.7% of UW Seattle students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,815 students take at least one class online at UW Seattle. About 9,705 of the students at UW Seattle are attending part time.
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The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to California State University - Long Beach. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public school with a fairly large student population.
About 0.8% of CSULB students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 24,806 students at CSULB that take at least one class online. 8,046 of CSULB students are attending part time.
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San Francisco State University earned the #9 spot in our 2021 rankings. SFSU is a very large public school located in the city of San Francisco.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. 14,003 of SFSU students are exclusively distance learners. 6,034 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize California State University - East Bay as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Cal State East Bay is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Hayward.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. 7,069 students at Cal State East Bay are exclusively online. 3,650 of Cal State East Bay students are attending part time.
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