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    Artsy and Creative

    Studio culture, performances, and creative portfolios shape campus life.

    Students who need expressive outlets and critique-based learning fit well.

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    This identity in numbers

    49

    colleges assigned

    Median average net price
    $41,937
    44 colleges reported
    Median admit rate
    62.1%
    42 colleges reported
    Median graduation rate
    67.8%
    49 colleges reported

    Medians across every college with this identity. Rates on a 0–100% scale. Source: U.S. College Scorecard.

    About this identity

    What “Artsy and Creative” means

    CollegesRef editorial

    Studio culture, performances, and creative portfolios shape campus life. Students who need expressive outlets and critique-based learning fit well.

    How colleges get this identity

    • Share of bachelor's degrees in the visual and performing arts — Share of bachelor's degrees in the arts: more credit the closer to 75%, none at 8%
    • Six-year graduation rate — Graduation rate: more credit the closer to 90%, none at 40%

    Each matching rule adds to a college's score for this identity, using verified federal data. Colleges that score with enough confidence are listed, editors can add or remove colleges, and the list is ordered by editorial picks, score and confidence, never by partner status.

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    Signals behind this list

    Arts degree scale
    30 of 30
    Arts college
    29 of 30
    Graduation scale
    28 of 30
    How many of the 30 colleges shown match each signal the rules check. Bars run from 0 to all 30.

    49 colleges

    Colleges with the Artsy and Creative identity

    Ordered by editorial representation, category score and confidence. Never by partner status.

    Bars: admit and graduation rates on a 0–100% scale; net price relative to $63,679, the highest among the 30 colleges shown.

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