2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

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 Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Visual & Performing Arts is the 125th most popular major in the country with 6,359 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general visual and performing arts graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $24,577 and had an average of $26,968 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 744 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,725 and $18,933 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 221 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,605 and $16,886 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general visual and performing arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general visual and performing 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 Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region associate degree visual arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Austin Community College District

Austin, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$4,362 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Austin Community College District landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 75 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Austin Community College District did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Austin Community College District is $4,362 for Southwest Region Associate Degree Visual Arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full Austin Community College District General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

Pima Community College

Tucson, Arizona

#3 in overall quality

$3,417 Average Net Price

$17,950 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pima Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Tucson, Arizona, and it awarded 54 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Pima County Community College District also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Pima County Community College District is $3,417 for southwest region associate degree visual arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at Pima Community College

#3

San Jacinto Community College

Pasadena, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$8,502 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jacinto Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. San Jacinto College is a large school located in Pasadena, Texas that handed out 78 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region associate degree visual arts students whose families make $30-$48k list, San Jacinto College has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for San Jacinto Community College is $8,502 for southwest region associate degree visual arts students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full San Jacinto College General Visual & Performing Arts Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $30-$48k)

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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