2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 6,359 people earned their degree in general visual and performing arts, making the major the 125th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,577 and had an average of $26,968 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 90 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $19,500 and $27,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 90 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general visual and performing arts programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for vermont bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Vermont

#1

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont

#3 in overall quality

$15,464 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #1 spot on the list. Johnson, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s visual arts degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern Vermont University is $15,464 for vermont bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full Northern Vermont University General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont

#1 in overall quality

$26,022 Average Net Price

$18,967 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bennington College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Bennington, Vermont, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 44 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

Bennington also made our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Bennington is $26,022 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Bennington General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#3

Champlain College

Burlington, Vermont

#2 in overall quality

$32,019 Average Net Price

$21,356 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Champlain College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $48-$75k list. Champlain is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Burlington, Vermont. It awarded 40 bachelors’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Champlain did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The yearly cost to attend Champlain College is $32,019 for vermont bachelor’s degree visual arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Champlain College

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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