2022 Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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 “Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,039 people earned their degree in other visual and performing arts, making the major the 428th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 60 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other 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 other visual and performing arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree other visual & performing arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Clark University

Worcester, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$22,734 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Clark University landed the #1 spot on the list. Clark is a small school located in Worcester, Massachusetts that handed out 6 bachelors’s other visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Clark not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Clark is $22,734 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Other Visual & Performing Arts at Clark

#2

Endicott College

Beverly, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$27,432 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Endicott College landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Beverly, Massachusetts, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s other visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Endicott also made our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $27,432 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Endicott.

The low student loan default rate of 3.2% 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%.

Full Endicott College Other Visual & Performing Arts Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Visual & Performing Arts (Income $0-$30k)

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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