2021 Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region
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2,154
Bachelor's Degrees
$28,054
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Finding the Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Fine & Studio Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 24 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.
One Size Does Not Fit All
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Fine Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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2021 Best Fine & Studio Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest 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
Southern Methodist University has taken the #1 spot in this year's fine & studio arts ranking for non-traditional students. SMU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Dallas. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, SMU has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 1.1% of SMU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. 912 students at SMU are exclusively online. 3,019 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Houston as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Houston, UH is a public school with a very large student population. UH did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. Approximately 26,121 students take at least one class online at UH. There are roughly 13,663 part time students in attendance at UH.
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The University of Texas at Austin earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin. UT Austin not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Southwest Region list.
The student loan default rate at UT Austin is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. Approximately 23,198 students take at least one class online at UT Austin. 3,479 of UT Austin students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize The University of Texas at Arlington as the #4 school in this year's rankings. UT Arlington is a very large public school located in the city of Arlington.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. 17,309 students at UT Arlington are exclusively online. 22,217 students are part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Houston - Clear Lake as the #5 school in this year's rankings. UH Clear Lake is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of Houston. UH Clear Lake not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #9 on our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. There are approximately 2,857 students at UH Clear Lake that take at least one class online. 4,970 of UH Clear Lake students are attending part time.
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Our rankings recognize University of Oklahoma Norman Campus as the #6 school in this year's rankings. Located in the midsize suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public college with a very large student population. University of Oklahoma also made our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Southwest Region list, coming in at #5.
About 1.2% of University of Oklahoma students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 12,433 students at University of Oklahoma that take at least one class online. 6,082 of University of Oklahoma students are attending part time.
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Texas Woman's University landed the #7 spot in our 2021 best fine & studio arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.
The student loan default rate at TWU is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. 6,914 students at TWU are exclusively online. There are roughly 7,329 part time students in attendance at TWU.
Full Fine & Studio Arts at Texas Woman’s University Report
University of North Texas comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public school with a very large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. Approximately 20,194 students take at least one class online at UNT. There are roughly 12,105 part time students in attendance at UNT.
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Arizona State University - Tempe comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. ASU - Tempe is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Tempe. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #4 rank in our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Southwest Region ranking.
About 1.5% of ASU - Tempe students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 37,856 students at ASU - Tempe that take at least one class online. 8,480 students are part time.
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Texas Tech University landed the #10 spot in our 2021 best fine & studio arts schools for non-traditional students. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock. Texas Tech not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Southwest Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 22,394 students take at least one class online at Texas Tech. 7,077 students are part time.
Full Fine & Studio Arts at Texas Tech University Report
