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2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

5 Ranked Colleges
149 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 1,249 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 149 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine arts. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine arts programs, but they also cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Southwest Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Estrella Mountain Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Avondale, Arizona is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fine arts degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Estrella Mountain Community College also made our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Estrella Mountain Community College is $10,721 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Estrella Mountain Community College

#2

Mesa Community College

Mesa, Arizona
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mesa Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Mesa Community College is a fairly large school located in Mesa, Arizona that handed out 13 associates’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Mesa Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mesa Community College is $11,230 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Fine Arts at Mesa Community College

#3

San Antonio College

San Antonio, Texas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Antonio College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. San Antonio College is a public institution located in San Antonio, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

San Antonio College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Antonio College is $8,279 for southwest region associate degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full San Antonio College Fine Arts Report

#4

Phoenix College

Phoenix, Arizona
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Phoenix College landed the #4 spot on the list. Phoenix College is a medium-sized public school situated in Phoenix, Arizona. It awarded 8 associates’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k list, Phoenix College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Phoenix College is $10,965 for southwest region associate degree fine arts students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Fine Arts at Phoenix College

#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Santa Fe, New Mexico, this small public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s fine arts students in 2019-2020.

Institute of American Indian Arts also took the #6 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $14,549 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Institute of American Indian Arts.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Institute of American Indian Arts Fine Arts Report

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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.

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