Fine & Studio Arts is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #22 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of fine & studio arts. Combined, these schools handed out 330 bachelor's degrees in fine & studio arts to qualified students.
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Choosing a Great Fine & Studio Arts School for Your Bachelor's Degree
Your choice of fine & studio arts for getting your bachelor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.
A Great Overall School
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on fine & studio arts students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other fine & studio arts students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for fine & studio arts to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized fine & studio arts related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for fine & studio arts students working on their bachelor's degree.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Fine & Studio Arts Bachelor's Degree Schools in Minnesota list, to help you choose the best school for you.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a good decision for individuals pursuing a bachelor's degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a very large student population.
After graduation, fine arts bachelor's recipients typically earn about $20,192 in their early careers.
Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in fine & studio arts has to check out St Olaf College. St. Olaf is a small private not-for-profit college located in the distant town of Northfield.
Soon after graduating, fine arts bachelor's recipients typically earn around $26,870 at the beginning of their careers.
It's hard to beat Minneapolis College of Art and Design if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in fine & studio arts. MCAD is a fairly small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Minneapolis.
Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the fine arts program earn about $14,829 in the first couple years of their career.
Minnesota State University - Mankato is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in fine & studio arts. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Those fine & studio arts students who get their bachelor's degree from Minnesota State University - Mankato earn $11,614 more than the typical fine arts student.
MSU Moorhead is a small public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead.
Fine & Studio Arts bachelor's degree recipients from Minnesota State University - Moorhead get an earnings boost of around $3,418 over the average earnings of fine & studio arts graduates.
St. Cloud State University is a fairly large public university located in the city of Saint Cloud.
Fine & Studio Arts bachelor's degree recipients from Saint Cloud State University earn a boost of approximately $2,948 above the average earnings of fine & studio arts majors.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).