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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 “Most Well Attended Other Visual & Performing Arts Major in Pennsylvania” 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 Pennsylvania, there were 1 other visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Other Visual & Performing Arts Major in Pennsylvania” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in other visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular other visual and performing arts programs in the United States.
See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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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 “Most Well Attended Other Visual & Performing Arts Major in Pennsylvania” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania other visual & performing arts students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Swarthmore College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Other Visual & Performing Arts Major in Pennsylvania. Located in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified ’s other visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Other Visual & Performing Arts at Swarthmore College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carnegie Mellon University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Visual & Performing Arts Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified ’s other visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Carnegie Mellon Other Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Waynesburg University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Other Visual & Performing Arts Major in Pennsylvania list. Located in Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified ’s other visual and performing arts students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%.
Read full report on Other Visual & Performing Arts at Waynesburg
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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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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