2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fine and studio arts. 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 Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

Northern Virginia Community College

Annandale, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$10,005 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Virginia Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. Northern Virginia Community College is a large school located in Annandale, Virginia that handed out 43 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree fine arts students with aid list, Northern Virginia Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Virginia Community College is $10,005 for southeast region associate degree fine arts students with aid.

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#2

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$27,524 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 Getting Aid. Located in Winter Park, Florida, this large private for-profit school handed out 41 diplomas to qualified associates’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Full Sail University is $27,524 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students with aid.

Read more about Fine & Studio Arts at Full Sail University

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts (With Aid)

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

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