2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Fine Arts is the 67th most popular major in the country with 12,032 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the New England region, there were 901 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 95 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,753 and $14,559 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fine arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fine arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region

#1

Naugatuck Valley Community College

Waterbury, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$6,335 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Naugatuck Valley Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Waterbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 4 associates’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Naugatuck Valley Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Naugatuck Valley Community College is $6,335 for New England Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Springfield Technical Community College

Springfield, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$7,914 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Springfield Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Springfield, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fine arts degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

STCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Springfield Technical Community College is $7,914 for New England Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $0-$30k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jorge Royan.

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