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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

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221 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Other Visual & Performing Arts is the 428th most popular major in the country with 1,039 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 480 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 221 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other visual and performing arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Visual & Performing Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Ithaca, New York, this large private not-for-profit school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

Cornell also made our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $11,869 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Cornell.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Columbia University in the City of New York is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 64 bachelors’s other visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other visual & performing arts students whose families make $48-$75k list, Columbia has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Columbia is $5,887 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%.

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#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carnegie Mellon University landed the #3 spot on the list. Carnegie Mellon is a private not-for-profit institution located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Carnegie Mellon also took the #4 spot in our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $18,276 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Carnegie Mellon.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 0.6% 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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#4

New York University

New York, New York
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, New York University landed the #4 spot on the list. New York University is located in New York, New York and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 113 bachelors’s other visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NYU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $32,733 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other visual & performing arts students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend NYU.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#5

Delaware State University

Dover, Delaware
#8 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delaware State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Dover, Delaware, this small public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other visual and performing arts students in 2019-2020.

Del State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Del State is $14,529 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#6

University of Baltimore

Baltimore, Maryland
#7 in overall quality

University of Baltimore ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. UB is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s other visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UB, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Baltimore is $22,498 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Other Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#7

Russell Sage College

Troy, New York
#6 in overall quality

Russell Sage College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k ranking. Troy, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s other visual and performing arts degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Russel Sage not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Russel Sage is $25,158 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other visual & performing arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Russell Sage College Other Visual & Performing Arts Report

#8

Nazareth College

Rochester, New York
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Nazareth College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Other Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. This small school is located in Rochester, New York, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s other visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Nazareth also took the #5 spot in our “Best Other Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Nazareth College is $28,941 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree other visual & performing arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Other Visual & Performing Arts at Nazareth College

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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

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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