2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Fine & Studio Arts is the 29th most popular major in the country with 39,860 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, fine and studio arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $23,847 and had an average of $28,316 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southeast region, there were 6,315 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,274 and $27,332 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 164 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine and studio arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fine and studio arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fine and studio arts program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$8,818 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Virginia Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Annandale, Virginia, and it awarded 43 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northern Virginia Community College is $8,818 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

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#2

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$25,622 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Full Sail University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Winter Park, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s Fine Arts degrees to 41 students in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $25,622 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Full Sail University.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income $30-$48k)

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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