2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 455 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,114 and $31,060 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 16 general visual and performing arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Mott Community College

Flint, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$7,481 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mott Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Mott Community College is a public institution located in Flint, Michigan. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MCC also made our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Mott Community College is $7,481 for great lakes region associate degree visual arts students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

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

#2

Mid Michigan College

Harrison, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$8,199 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mid Michigan College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Visual Arts Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Harrison, Michigan, this small public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s visual arts students in 2019-2020.

Mid Michigan College also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Visual & Performing Arts Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mid Michigan College is $8,199 for great lakes region associate degree visual arts students.

Full Mid Michigan College General Visual & Performing Arts Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Visual & Performing Arts

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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