2024 Best Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in New York
an associate degree in
fine & studio arts is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #33 out of 328 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 11 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of fine & studio arts. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 478 associate degrees in fine & studio arts during the 2020-2021 academic year.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Fine & Studio Arts School for Your Associate Degree
The fine arts associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality fine arts program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of associate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their associate degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to fine & studio arts students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other fine & studio arts students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Student Debt - How easy is it for fine & studio arts to pay back their student loans after receiving their associate degree.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized fine & studio arts related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for fine & studio arts students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
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 Fine & Studio Arts Associate Degree Schools in New York list to help you make the college decision.
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Featured Fine & Studio Arts Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.