2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Digital Arts
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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” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree art & technology students.
Top 13 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Digital Arts
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Queensborough Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Queensborough Community College is located in Bayside, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 89 associates’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.
QCC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend QCC is $5,050 for Associate Degree Art & Technology students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Austin Community College District. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate list. Austin Community College District is a public institution located in Austin, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 75 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Austin Community College District not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Austin Community College District is $6,861 for Associate Degree Art & Technology students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hennepin Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate list. Hennepin Technical College is a small school located in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota that handed out 9 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Hennepin Technical College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Hennepin Technical College is $11,796 for Associate Degree Art & Technology students.
Out of the 13 schools in the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Suffolk County Community College landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Selden, New York, and it awarded 29 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
Suffolk County Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Suffolk County Community College is $5,533 for associate degree art & technology students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate list. Pima Community College is a fairly large school located in Tucson, Arizona that handed out 17 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our associate degree art & technology students list, Pima County Community College District has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pima Community College is $3,583 for Associate Degree Art & Technology students.
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Truckee Meadows Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate list. Truckee Meadows Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Reno, Nevada. It awarded 15 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
Truckee Meadows Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $9,348 for associate degree art & technology students per year to attend Truckee Meadows Community College.
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Baton Rouge Community College did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #7. BRCC is a medium-sized public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 15 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
BRCC also made our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $9,111 for associate degree art & technology students per year to attend BRCC.
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Genesee Community College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate list. Genesee Community College is a public institution located in Batavia, New York. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.
GCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend GCC is $6,304 for Associate Degree Art & Technology students.
Salt Lake Community College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate ranking. Salt Lake Community College is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Salt Lake Community College, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Salt Lake Community College is $6,963 for associate degree art & technology students.
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Mohawk Valley Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate 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.
MVCC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $7,722 for Associate Degree Art & Technology students per year to attend MVCC.
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Academy of Art University landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate ranking. Located in San Francisco, California, this medium-sized private for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s art and technology students in 2019-2020.
Academy of Art University also took the #8 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Academy of Art University is $34,145 for associate degree art & technology students.
Nossi College of Art landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate ranking. Nossi College of Art is located in Madison, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s art and technology degrees to qualified students.
Nossi College of Art also took the #13 spot in our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Nossi College of Art is $21,995 for associate degree art & technology students.
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.
Full Sail University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Art & Technology Schools for an Associate ranking. Full Sail University is a large private for-profit school situated in Winter Park, Florida. It awarded 84 associates’s art and technology degrees in 2019-2020.
Full Sail University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Digital Arts Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Full Sail University is $27,524 for Associate Degree Art & Technology students.
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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%.
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- *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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