2021 Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
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Finding the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region ranking analyzed 96 colleges that offered a bachelor's degree in visual & performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality visual & performing arts programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the visual & performing arts program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
More Ways to Rank Visual & Performing Arts Schools
The visual & performing arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students.
To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you.
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2021 Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying visual & performing arts.
Top 15% Best Visual & Performing Arts Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Florida State University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southeast Region that are best for non-traditional visual & performing arts students. Located in the medium-sized city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a very large student population. Florida State also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 20,172 students at Florida State that take at least one class online. 8,311 students are part time.
George Mason University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Fairfax, GMU is a public college with a fairly large student population. GMU also took the #9 spot in our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region rankings.
About 0.8% of GMU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 21,490 students at GMU that take at least one class online. 12,712 of GMU students are attending part time.
Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the midsize city of Richmond, VCU is a public school with a fairly large student population. VCU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region list.
About 0.9% of VCU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 19,039 students take at least one class online at VCU. 5,055 of VCU students are attending part time.
University of Florida earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. UF is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Gainesville. UF not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #6 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region list.
The student loan default rate at UF is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 22,865 students at UF that take at least one class online. About 11,205 of the students at UF are attending part time.
Belmont University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Belmont is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville. Belmont also made our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region list, coming in at #3.
About 0.6% of Belmont students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 3,251 students take at least one class online at Belmont. 677 of Belmont students are attending part time.
University of Virginia - Main Campus landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the suburb of Charlottesville, University of Virginia is a public college with a very large student population. University of Virginia did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.5%. There are approximately 4,175 students at University of Virginia that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,758 part time students in attendance at University of Virginia.
James Madison University comes in at #7 in this year's ranking. JMU is a very large public school located in the small city of Harrisonburg. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, JMU also is in the top 10% of our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 6,740 students at JMU that take at least one class online. 2,328 of JMU students are attending part time.
University of North Carolina at Greensboro landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the city of Greensboro.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.7%. Approximately 10,689 students take at least one class online at UNC Greensboro. There are roughly 4,738 part time students in attendance at UNC Greensboro.
The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Middle Tennessee State University. Middle Tennessee State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Murfreesboro.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.3%. There are approximately 7,472 students at Middle Tennessee State University that take at least one class online. About 5,576 of the students at Middle Tennessee State University are attending part time.
University of Central Florida earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a fairly large student population. UCF excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region list.
About 1.3% of UCF students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 28,807 students take at least one class online at UCF. About 23,575 of the students at UCF are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College as the #11 school in this year's rankings. Louisiana State University is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Baton Rouge. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Louisiana State University also is in the top 15% of our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region ranking.
About 1.8% of Louisiana State University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 15,086 students take at least one class online at Louisiana State University. About 5,959 of the students at Louisiana State University are attending part time.
University of Georgia landed the #12 spot in our 2021 best visual & performing arts schools for non-traditional students. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a very large student population. As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UGA also is in the top 10% of our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.8%. There are approximately 6,742 students at UGA that take at least one class online. 4,437 of UGA students are attending part time.
The University of Alabama comes in at #13 in this year's ranking. UA is a very large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa. UA excels when it comes to major quality. It's ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region list.
The student loan default rate at UA is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 9,339 students at UA that take at least one class online. 6,421 students are part time.
Our rankings recognize Virginia Tech as the #14 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public college with a very large student population. Virginia Tech also claimed a spot on our Best Colleges for Visual & Performing Arts in the Southeast Region list. It's in the top 15% of all schools in this category.
The student loan default rate at Virginia Tech is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 19,796 students at Virginia Tech that take at least one class online. There are roughly 2,831 part time students in attendance at Virginia Tech.
Here are some additional great schools for Southeast Region non-traditional students studying Visual & Performing Arts that almost earned our Best Visual & Performing Arts Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southeast Region award.
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).
