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2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

13 Ranked Colleges
486 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

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 Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,022 people earned their degree in digital arts, making the major the 259th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 486 digital arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 13 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in digital arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great digital arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the digital 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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Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid.

Top 13 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Digital Arts (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Queensborough Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. QCC is a fairly large school located in Bayside, New York that handed out 89 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

QCC also made our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for QCC is $5,050 for Associate Degree Art & Technology students with aid.

Full Queensborough Community College Digital Arts Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #2 spot on the list. Austin Community College District is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 75 associates’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.

Austin Community College District also took the #2 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $6,861 for associate degree art & technology students with aid.

Full Austin Community College District Digital Arts Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk County Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Suffolk County Community College is a large public school situated in Selden, New York. It awarded 29 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Suffolk County Community College also made our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Suffolk County Community College is $5,533 for Associate Degree Art & Technology students with aid.

Read more about Digital Arts at Suffolk County Community College

#4

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Pima County Community College District is a public institution located in Tucson, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 17 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Pima County Community College District, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $3,583 for associate degree art & technology students with aid per year to attend Pima Community College.

Read full report on Digital Arts at Pima County Community College District

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Truckee Meadows Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Reno, Nevada, this fairly large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified associates’s art and technology students in 2019-2020.

Truckee Meadows Community College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Truckee Meadows Community College is $9,348 for associate degree art & technology students with aid.

Read full report on Digital Arts at Truckee Meadows Community College

#6

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

Hennepin Technical College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Hennepin Technical College is a public institution located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Hennepin Technical College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $11,796 for Associate Degree Art & Technology students with aid per year to attend Hennepin Technical College.

Read more about Digital Arts at Hennepin Technical College

#7

Salt Lake Community College

Salt Lake City, Utah
#9 in overall quality

Salt Lake Community College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Salt Lake Community College is a large school located in Salt Lake City, Utah that handed out 2 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Salt Lake Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $6,963 for Associate Degree Art & Technology students with aid per year to attend Salt Lake Community College.

Read more about Digital Arts at Salt Lake Community College

#8

Baton Rouge Community College

Baton Rouge, Louisiana
#7 in overall quality

Baton Rouge Community College landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. BRCC is a medium-sized public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 15 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BRCC, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $9,111 for associate degree art & technology students with aid per year to attend BRCC.

Full BRCC Digital Arts Report

#9

Genesee Community College

Batavia, New York
#10 in overall quality

Genesee Community College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Batavia, New York, and it awarded 11 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

GCC also took the #10 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $6,304 for associate degree art & technology students with aid per year to attend GCC.

Read full report on Digital Arts at Genesee Community College

#11 in overall quality

Mohawk Valley Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Mohawk Valley Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Utica, New York. It awarded 8 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MVCC, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mohawk Valley Community College is $7,722 for Associate Degree Art & Technology students with aid.

Read full report on Digital Arts at MVCC

#11

Nossi College of Art

Madison, Tennessee
#13 in overall quality

Nossi College of Art came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Madison, Tennessee, this small private for-profit school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified associates’s art and technology students in 2019-2020.

Nossi College of Art also made our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #13. It costs about $21,995 for associate degree art & technology students with aid per year to attend Nossi College of Art.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Digital Arts at Nossi College of Art

#12

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#8 in overall quality

Academy of Art University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #12. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s art and technology degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University also made our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. The yearly cost to attend Academy of Art University is $34,145 for associate degree art & technology students with aid.

Read more about Digital Arts at Academy of Art University

#13

Full Sail University

Winter Park, Florida
#12 in overall quality

Full Sail University landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid ranking. This large school is located in Winter Park, Florida, and it awarded 84 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

Full Sail University also took the #12 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Full Sail University is $27,524 for associate degree art & technology students with aid.

Full Full Sail University Digital Arts Report

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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