by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maryland” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Visual & Performing Arts is the 116th most popular major in the country with 6,355 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $25,134 and had an average of $26,019 in loans still to pay off.
Across Maryland, there were 98 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $12,000 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maryland” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general visual and performing arts. To top this list, a school must have a successful general visual and performing arts program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
The visual arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maryland”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maryland”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Community College of Baltimore County. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maryland list. CCBC is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 50 ’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maryland Institute College of Art. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maryland list. Located in Baltimore, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 27 diplomas to qualified ’s visual arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montgomery College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maryland. Montgomery College is located in Rockville, Maryland and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 16 ’s visual arts degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harford Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maryland list. Harford Community College is a small school located in Bel Air, Maryland that handed out 4 ’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Harford Community College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cecil College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maryland list. Cecil College is a small school located in North East, Maryland that handed out 1 ’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
Goucher College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Visual Arts Major in Maryland ranking. Goucher College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 0 ’s visual arts degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.6% 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%.
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