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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Massachusetts” 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 Massachusetts, there were 1,022 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,656 and $27,591 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 87 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,678 and $11,688 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts

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

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in Massachusetts

#1

Holyoke Community College

Holyoke, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$7,718 Average Net Price

$25,774 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Holyoke Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts. This small school is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and it awarded 19 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Holyoke Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Holyoke Community College is $7,718 for massachusetts associate degree fine arts students.

Full Holyoke Community College Fine & Studio Arts Report

#2

Springfield Technical Community College

Springfield, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$8,943 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Springfield Technical Community College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in Massachusetts. Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, this small public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified associates’s Fine Arts students in 2019-2020.

STCC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in Massachusetts” list. The yearly cost to attend STCC is $8,943 for massachusetts associate degree fine arts students.

Full Springfield Technical Community College Fine & Studio Arts Report

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts

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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