2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income Over $110k) in Connecticut

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making Over $110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 39,860 people earned their degree in fine and studio arts, making the major the 29th most popular in the United States. 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 Connecticut, there were 499 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $23,267 and $24,777 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 74 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,719 and $18,083 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fine and studio 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 and studio 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income Over $110k) in Connecticut

#1

Naugatuck Valley Community College

Waterbury, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$6,767 Average Net Price

$19,683 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Naugatuck Valley Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making Over $110k list. Naugatuck Valley Community College is a medium-sized school located in Waterbury, Connecticut that handed out 15 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Naugatuck Valley Community College also made our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Naugatuck Valley Community College is $6,767 for Connecticut Associate Degree Fine Arts students whose families make more than $110k.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income Over $110k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (Income Over $110k)

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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