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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 150,273 visual & performing arts students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. In , visual & performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $26,820 and had an average of $26,756 in loans still to pay off.
Across Montana, there were 360 visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,883 and $23,793 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 280 visual & performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,324 and $22,641 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in visual & performing arts. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their visual & performing arts program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana. Located in Missoula, Montana, this medium-sized public school awarded 110 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s visual & performing arts students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Montana Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana list. Located in Bozeman, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 145 degrees to qualified bachelors’s visual & performing arts students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rocky Mountain College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana list. Billings, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual & performing arts degrees to 2 students in 2021-2022.
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%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Rocky
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana - Western landed the #4 spot on the list. Montana Western is located in Dillon, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s visual & performing arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full The University of Montana - Western Visual & Performing Arts Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University - Billings. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana list. Montana State University - Billings is located in Billings, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s visual & performing arts degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.
Full Montana State University - Billings Visual & Performing Arts Report
Montana State University - Northern did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana ranking, coming in at #6. Montana State University - Northern is located in Havre, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s visual & performing arts degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Montana State University - Northern
With a ranking of #7, Carroll College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana list. Helena, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s visual & performing arts degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Visual & Performing Arts at Carroll College
University of Providence ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Visual & Performing Arts Major in Montana list. This small school is located in Great Falls, Montana, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s visual & performing arts degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate 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.
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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%.
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- *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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