2021 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Virginia
3Colleges
231Bachelor's Degrees
$35,385Avg Cost*
Finding the Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
With 231 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, general visual & performing arts is the #59 most popular major in Virginia. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 5.6% 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 Virginia ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Visual Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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2021 Best General Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Virginia
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
George Mason University tops the 2021 list of our schools in Virginia that are best for non-traditional general visual & performing arts students. GMU is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Fairfax. GMU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in Virginia list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 21,490 students at GMU that take at least one class online. 12,712 of GMU students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Longwood University as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Longwood is a small public school located in the town of Farmville. Longwood not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in Virginia list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.6%. 904 of Longwood students are exclusively distance learners. 1,338 of Longwood students are attending part time.
The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Christopher Newport University. CNU is a small public school located in the midsize city of Newport News. CNU also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in Virginia rankings.
About 0.6% of CNU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are roughly 106 part time students in attendance at CNU.
General Visual & Performing Arts Related Non-Traditional Student Rankings by Major
General Visual & Performing Arts is one of 10 different types of Visual & Performing Arts programs to choose from.
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 231 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, general visual & performing arts is the #59 most popular major in Virginia. This means that colleges and universities in the state were responsible for awarding 5.6% of all the visual arts bachelor's degrees in the country.
