2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Connecticut

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Connecticut” 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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fine and studio arts programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Connecticut”.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Connecticut

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

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts 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 join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Naugatuck Valley Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Connecticut. This medium-sized school is located in Waterbury, Connecticut, and it awarded 15 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Naugatuck Valley Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. The estimated yearly cost for Naugatuck Valley Community College is $6,767 for Connecticut Associate Degree Fine Arts students.

Read full report on Fine & Studio Arts at 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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