2021 Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Maryland
6Colleges
1,244Bachelor's Degrees
$31,013Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Visual & Performing Arts is one of the most popular subjects to study in Maryland. With 1,244 bachelor's degrees handed out in <nil>, it ranked 9th out of all the majors we track in the state. This means that 1.3% of the degrees earned in the country were from a school in the state.
For this year's Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in Maryland ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in visual & performing arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent visual & performing arts programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the visual & performing arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in Maryland
The following schools top our list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Towson University tops the 2021 list of our schools in Maryland that are best for non-traditional visual & performing arts students. Towson is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Towson. Towson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Maryland list.
About 1.7% of Towson students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 6,258 students take at least one class online at Towson. There are roughly 4,337 part time students in attendance at Towson.
University of Maryland - College Park comes in at #2 in this year's ranking. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of College Park. UMCP not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Maryland list.
About 0.7% of UMCP students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 11,700 students at UMCP that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,841 part time students in attendance at UMCP.
University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. UMBC is a large public school located in the suburb of Baltimore. UMBC not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Maryland list.
About 1.1% of UMBC students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 8,618 students take at least one class online at UMBC. 2,955 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Johns Hopkins University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Johns Hopkins is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Baltimore. Johns Hopkins also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Maryland rankings.
The student loan default rate at Johns Hopkins is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. 14,847 students at Johns Hopkins are exclusively online. About 14,794 of the students at Johns Hopkins are attending part time.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Salisbury University. Located in the suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public college with a medium-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Salisbury, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Maryland ranking.
About 1.4% of Salisbury students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,693 students take at least one class online at Salisbury. There are roughly 951 part time students in attendance at Salisbury.
The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Stevenson University. Located in the suburb of Owings Mills, Stevenson is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. Stevenson not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #7 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in Maryland list.
The student loan default rate at Stevenson is lower than is typical, just 2.1% of students default in three years. Approximately 1,581 students take at least one class online at Stevenson. About 746 of the students at Stevenson are attending part time.
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 the rest 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).