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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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Avg Net Price*
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Other Visual & Performing Arts is the 465th most popular major in the country with 912 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 21 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great other visual and performing arts programs and cost less that 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region other visual & performing arts students whose families make $0-$30k.
Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Drake University landed the #1 spot on the list. Drake University is located in Des Moines, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 ’s other visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.
Drake did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Drake University is $25,309 for plains states region other visual & performing arts students whose families make $0-$30k.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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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
- *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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