2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

General Visual & Performing Arts is the 125th most popular major in the country with 6,359 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 South Carolina, there were 19 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Visual Arts Schools in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for south carolina visual arts students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in South Carolina (With Aid)

#1

Bob Jones University

Greenville, South Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$12,923 Average Net Price

$37,820 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bob Jones University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid list. Bob Jones University is a small school located in Greenville, South Carolina that handed out 4 ’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Bob Jones University also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in South Carolina” ranking. It costs about $12,923 for south carolina visual arts students with aid per year to attend Bob Jones University.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 General Visual & Performing Arts at Bob Jones University

#2

College of Charleston

Charleston, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$19,000 Average Net Price

$31,627 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools in South Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Charleston landed the #2 spot on the list. Charleston, South Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s visual arts degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

C of C not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools in South Carolina” list. The estimated yearly cost for C of C is $19,000 for south carolina visual arts students with aid.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at College of Charleston

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• Best Value Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (With Aid)

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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