2023 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 11,922 people earned their degree in fine arts, making the major the 66th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 1,734 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 10 fine arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,803 and $17,868 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in fine arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular fine arts programs in the United States.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The fine arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate”.

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Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Associate Degree Colleges for Fine Arts in the Far Western US Region

1

Truckee Meadows Community College
Reno, Nevada

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Truckee Meadows Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate list. Truckee Meadows Community College is a medium-sized school located in Reno, Nevada that handed out 10 associates’s fine arts degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Fine Arts at Truckee Meadows Community College

2

Chabot College
Hayward, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chabot College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Fine Arts Major in the Far Western US Region for an Associate list. Chabot College is located in Hayward, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s fine arts degrees to qualified students.

Full Chabot 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.