2021 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York
3Colleges
217Bachelor's Degrees
$28,952Avg Cost*
Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 217 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, general visual & performing arts is the #105 most popular major in New York. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 5.3% of all the visual arts bachelor's degrees in the country.
This year's Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in New York ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer a bachelor's in visual arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general visual & performing arts programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the general visual & performing arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in New York
Check out the visual arts programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
SUNY Oneonta tops the 2021 list of our schools in New York that are best for non-traditional general visual & performing arts students. Located in the town of Oneonta, SUNY Oneonta is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, SUNY Oneonta has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in New York ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 3,933 students at SUNY Oneonta that take at least one class online. About 513 of the students at SUNY Oneonta are attending part time.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to SUNY New Paltz. Located in the large suburb of New Paltz, SUNY New Paltz is a public school with a medium-sized student population. SUNY New Paltz also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in New York rankings.
About 1.1% of SUNY New Paltz students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,808 students take at least one class online at SUNY New Paltz. 1,022 of SUNY New Paltz students are attending part time.
LIU Post earned the #3 spot in our 2021 rankings. LIU Post is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Brookville. LIU Post not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in New York list.
The student loan default rate at LIU Post is lower than is typical, just 1.8% of students default in three years. 197 of LIU Post students are exclusively distance learners. About 7,217 of the students at LIU Post are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Visual Arts
One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, General Visual & Performing Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 3 schools only.
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 the rest 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).
With 217 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, general visual & performing arts is the #105 most popular major in New York. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 5.3% of all the visual arts bachelor's degrees in the country.
