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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 6,776 people earned their degree in general visual & performing arts, making the major the 116th most popular in the United States. In , general visual & performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $25,144 and had an average of $24,433 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,018 general visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,823 and $22,697 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 general visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $63,038 and $47,245 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 12 colleges that offered a degree in general visual & performing arts. That schools that top this list have a program in general visual & performing arts in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region master’s degree visual arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wilson College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 14 degrees to qualified masters’s visual arts students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Wilson College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purchase College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Purchase, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual arts degrees to 7 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Purchase College
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The College at Brockport landed the #3 spot on the list. The College at Brockport is located in Brockport, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full SUNY Brockport General Visual & Performing Arts Report
Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The City College of New York landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 9 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at CCNY
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brooklyn College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Brooklyn College is a fairly large public school situated in Brooklyn, New York. It awarded 5 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
Columbia University in the City of New York came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Columbia is a large school located in New York, New York that handed out 5 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 99%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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 more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Columbia
Syracuse University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This large school is located in Syracuse, New York, and it awarded 2 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Syracuse University
Carnegie Mellon University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #8. Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Carnegie Mellon University General Visual & Performing Arts Report
University at Buffalo landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. University at Buffalo is a large public school situated in Buffalo, New York. It awarded 0 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 more about General Visual & Performing Arts at University at Buffalo
Ramapo College of New Jersey did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #10. Located in Mahwah, New Jersey, this medium-sized public school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s visual arts students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Ramapo College
William Paterson University of New Jersey came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Wayne, New Jersey is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s visual arts degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at William Paterson University
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Visual Arts Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Troy, New York, and it awarded 7 masters’s visual arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full RPI General Visual & Performing Arts Report
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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