2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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 Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 6,359 people earned their degree in general visual and performing arts, making the major the 125th most popular in the United States. 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 Plains States region, there were 259 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,960 and $34,059 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 29 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general visual and performing arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general visual and performing arts program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$15,304 Average Net Price

$31,133 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Hennepin Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Hennepin Technical College is a small public school situated in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. It awarded 9 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Hennepin Technical College also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Hennepin Technical College is $15,304 for plains states region associate degree visual arts students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Hennepin Technical College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts (Income $75-$110k)

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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