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2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
505 Degrees Awarded
$25,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor's in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 155,377 visual and performing arts students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $25,427 and had an average of $28,377 in loans still to pay off.

Across Vermont, there were 618 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 505 visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in visual and performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent visual and performing arts programs, but they also 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 visual and performing arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in Vermont

#1

Middlebury College

Middlebury, Vermont
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Middlebury College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k list. Middlebury is a private not-for-profit institution located in Middlebury, Vermont. The school has a small population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Middlebury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. It costs about $20,468 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Middlebury College.

The low student loan default rate of 1.0% 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%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Middlebury College Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

University of Vermont

Burlington, Vermont
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Vermont. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of Vermont is located in Burlington, Vermont and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 84 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

UVM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Vermont is $21,595 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. 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 Visual & Performing Arts at UVM

#3

Northern Vermont University

Johnson, Vermont
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Vermont University landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Johnson, Vermont, and it awarded 60 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Vermont University also made our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Vermont University is $19,324 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Northern Vermont University

#4

Goddard College

Plainfield, Vermont
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Goddard College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k list. Goddard College is located in Plainfield, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees to qualified students.

Goddard College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Goddard College is $29,457 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 Goddard College Visual & Performing Arts Report

#5

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bennington College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k. Bennington is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bennington, Vermont. It awarded 112 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Bennington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” list. It costs about $27,823 for vermont bachelor’s degree visual & performing arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Bennington.

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 low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%.

Read full report on Visual & Performing Arts at Bennington College

#6

Champlain College

Burlington, Vermont
#4 in overall quality

Champlain College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Visual & Performing Arts Schools for a Bachelor’s in Vermont For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Champlain College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Burlington, Vermont. It awarded 146 bachelors’s visual and performing arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Champlain also took the #4 spot in our “Best Visual & Performing Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Vermont” ranking. It costs about $33,570 for Vermont Bachelor’s Degree Visual & Performing Arts students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Champlain College.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Champlain Visual & Performing Arts Report

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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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