2021 Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in North Carolina
7Colleges
653Bachelor's Degrees
$24,092Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Fine & Studio Arts is the #26 most popular major in North Carolina with 653 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 2.7% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
This year's Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in North Carolina ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer a bachelor's 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 North Carolina
Check out the fine arts programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
East Carolina University tops the 2021 list of our schools in North Carolina that are best for non-traditional fine & studio arts students. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population. ECU also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in North Carolina rankings.
The student loan default rate at ECU is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 12,522 students take at least one class online at ECU. 7,199 of ECU students are attending part time.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro. UNC Greensboro also took the #4 spot in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in North Carolina rankings.
About 2.7% of UNC Greensboro students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 10,689 students take at least one class online at UNC Greensboro. There are roughly 4,738 part time students in attendance at UNC Greensboro.
University of North Carolina at Charlotte earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNC Charlotte is a very large public school located in the city of Charlotte. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UNC Charlotte has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in North Carolina ranking.
About 1.7% of UNC Charlotte students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 16,634 students take at least one class online at UNC Charlotte. 7,045 of UNC Charlotte students are attending part time.
The #4 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Western Carolina University. WCU is a large public school located in the town of Cullowhee. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, WCU has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in North Carolina ranking.
The student loan default rate at WCU is lower than is typical, just 2.3% of students default in three years. Approximately 3,568 students take at least one class online at WCU. There are roughly 2,712 part time students in attendance at WCU.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Located in the midsize city of Wilmington, UNCW is a public school with a large student population. UNCW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in North Carolina list.
About 1.6% of UNCW students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 8,583 students at UNCW that take at least one class online. 4,896 students are part time.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Appalachian State University. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public college with a fairly large student population. Appalachian State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in North Carolina list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.3%. Approximately 10,639 students take at least one class online at Appalachian State. About 2,303 of the students at Appalachian State are attending part time.
University of North Carolina at Asheville comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. UNCA is a small public school located in the small city of Asheville. UNCA also made our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in North Carolina list, coming in at #7.
The student loan default rate at UNCA is lower than is typical, just 2.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 305 students take at least one class online at UNCA. There are roughly 428 part time students in attendance at UNCA.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Fine Arts
One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Fine & Studio Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 7 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
Fine & Studio Arts is the #26 most popular major in North Carolina with 653 bachelor's degrees awarded in <nil>. This means that 2.7% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
