2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 California, there were 1,292 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $21,800 and $23,419 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 678 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general visual and performing arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general visual and performing arts programs and cost less that 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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The visual arts school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in California (With Aid)

#1

Mt. San Antonio College

Walnut, California

#2 in overall quality

$1,729 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mt. San Antonio College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid list. Walnut, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s visual arts degrees to 28 students in 2019-2020.

Mt. SAC also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $1,729 for california associate degree visual arts students with aid per year to attend Mt. SAC.

Full Mt. San Antonio College General Visual & Performing Arts Report

#2

Santa Rosa Junior College

Santa Rosa, California

#1 in overall quality

$5,782 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Santa Rosa Junior College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid. SRJC is a fairly large public school situated in Santa Rosa, California. It awarded 8 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

SRJC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for Santa Rosa Junior College is $5,782 for California Associate Degree Visual Arts students with aid.

Read full report on General Visual & Performing Arts at SRJC

#3

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#3 in overall quality

$34,145 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #3 spot on the list. Academy of Art University is a medium-sized private for-profit school situated in San Francisco, California. It awarded 2 associates’s visual arts degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Academy of Art University is $34,145 for california associate degree visual arts students with aid.

Read more about General Visual & Performing Arts at Academy of Art University

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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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