2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Plains States Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Plains States region, there were 1,924 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,125 and $27,523 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 67 fine and studio arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree 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.
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 Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region.
Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fine & Studio Arts in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Hennepin Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. North Hennepin Community College is a public institution located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree fine arts students list, North Hennepin Community College has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Hennepin Community College is $10,284 for plains states region associate degree fine arts students.
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Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Century College landed the #2 spot on the list. Century College is a medium-sized school located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota that handed out 2 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Century College also took the #3 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Century College is $10,808 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 8 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
Minneapolis Community and Technical College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Minneapolis Community and Technical College is $12,376 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Fine Arts students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Metropolitan Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fine Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region. MCC is a fairly large school located in Omaha, Nebraska that handed out 2 associates’s Fine Arts degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree fine arts students list, MCC has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Metropolitan Community College is $4,295 for plains states region associate degree fine arts students.
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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.
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