2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in the New England Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the fine arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in the New England Region

#1

Springfield Technical Community College

Springfield, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$8,943 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Springfield Technical Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. STCC is a small school located in Springfield, Massachusetts that handed out 6 associates’s fine arts degrees in 2019-2020.

STCC also made our “Best Fine Arts Associate Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Springfield Technical Community College is $8,943 for New England Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students.

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#2

Naugatuck Valley Community College

Waterbury, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$6,767 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naugatuck Valley Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the New England Region list. Naugatuck Valley Community College is located in Waterbury, Connecticut and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.

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. It costs about $6,767 for New England Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students per year to attend Naugatuck Valley Community College.

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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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