2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in New Jersey

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in New Jersey” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across New Jersey, there were 172 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 120 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,475 and $14,203 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in New Jersey” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in New Jersey

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in New Jersey.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in New Jersey

#1

Hudson County Community College

Jersey City, New Jersey

#1 in overall quality

$7,309 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Hudson County Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. HCCC is a medium-sized public school situated in Jersey City, New Jersey. It awarded 46 associates’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

HCCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey” list. The yearly cost to attend Hudson County Community College is $7,309 for New Jersey Associate Degree Fine Arts students.

Full HCCC Fine Arts Report

#2

Brookdale Community College

Lincroft, New Jersey

#2 in overall quality

$9,156 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in New Jersey that were part of this year’s ranking, Brookdale Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. Brookdale Community College is a fairly large school located in Lincroft, New Jersey that handed out 12 associates’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Brookdale Community College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in New Jersey” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Brookdale Community College is $9,156 for New Jersey Associate Degree Fine Arts students.

Full Brookdale Community College 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.

Credits

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

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